Object oriented based, business class methodology for generating quasi-static web pages at periodic intervals

• US 7,483,955 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Issued: 01/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Uppal, Rajiv K., Parikh, Devang I., Gupta, Arun K.
• Primary Examiner(s): DUONG, OANH L
• Application Number:
  US11/548,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709216-219, 709223-228, 709/246, 709/235, 709/248, 707/3, 707/10, 717/106, 717/108
• US Class Current: 709/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A method for providing a requestor with access to dynamic data via quasi-static data requests, comprising the steps of defining a web page, the web page including at least one dynamic element, creating an executable digital code to be run on a computer and invoked at defined intervals by a scheduler component the executable code effective to create and storing a quasi-static copy of the defined web page, creating the scheduler component capable of invoking the executable code at predefined intervals, loading the executable code and the scheduler component onto a platform in connectivity with a web server and with one another, invoking execution of the scheduler component, and retrieving and returning the static copy of the defined web page in response to requests for the defined web page.

Claims

1. A method for providing a requestor with access to dynamic data via quasi-static data requests, comprising the steps of:

(a) defining a web page, said web page including at least one dynamic element and being associated with at least one Business Class definition;

(b) creating an executable digital code to be run on a computer and invoked at defined intervals by a scheduler component, said executable code effective to create and store a quasi-static copy of said defined web page;

(c) creating said scheduler component capable of invoking said executable code at predefined intervals;

(d) loading said executable component and said scheduler component onto a platform in connectivity with a web server and with one another;

(e) invoking execution of said scheduler component; and

(f) retrieving and returning said quasi-static copy of said defined web page in response to requests for said defined web page;

wherein the creation of said executable code and the creation of the scheduler component are generated from attributes and processes of the Business Class definitions associated with said defined web page.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said web page is defined and stored in a centralized repository.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein defining said web page comprises the steps of:

defining the placement and method of derivation for all elements comprising said web page; and

defining said web page as either static or dynamic in nature.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said elements are defined as dynamic or static in nature.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said static copy of said defined web page is stored in a format capable of being viewed by a web browser.

6. A method for providing a requestor with access to dynamic data via quasi-static data requests, comprising the steps of:

modeling business activities as interactions and relationships between a plurality of business classes, the business classes including attributes and processes corresponding to data elements of the business activities;

defining a web page including at least one element containing dynamic data;

associating at least one attribute or process of the business classes with the at least one element containing dynamic data;

periodically invoking an executable to generate a static copy of the defined web page based on the at least one attribute or process associated with the at least one element containing dynamic data; and

upon receiving a request for the defined web page from the requestor, returning the generated static copy of the web page, as already generated by the periodically invoked executable, instead of dynamically generating the defined web page.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the at least one element is retrieved from an operational database by the executable when the static copy of the web page is generated.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the executable is written in Active Server Pages (ASP).

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the quasistatic copy of the web page is stored in a format capable of being viewed by a web browser.