Method and system for class-based management of dynamic content in a networked environment

• US 7,802,014 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jawahar, Janardhanan, Psounis, Konstantinos
• Primary Examiner(s): Donaghue; Larry D
• Application Number:
  US11/756,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 709/231, 709/232, 709/235, 709/246, 709/247, 707/2, 707/6, 707/101, 707/693, 707/695, 715/254
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

A system and method to create a base file for a document class is described. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a monitor to maintain a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components; a selector to select a plurality of document components with a highest frequency of request; and an aggregator to aggregate the plurality of document components to create a base file for the document class.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a monitor to maintain a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components;

a selector to select a plurality of document components with a highest frequency of request;

an aggregator to aggregate the plurality of document components to create a base file for the document class; and

a condenser to associate a requested document with a document class, in an automated manner, if a delta-difference between the requested document and the base file for the document class is less than a threshold value.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising:

a receiving module to receive a user request for the requested document, the condenser to retrieve the requested document from a content server;

a comparator to compare components of the requested document to the list of document components; and

a counter module to increment the frequency of requests in the list of document components.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is to add a component of the requested document to the component list.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is to remove document components having an associated frequency of requests below a determinable threshold from the list of document components.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein documents within the document class possess similar layouts.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising:

a receiving module to receive a user request for the requested document, the condenser to;

retrieve the requested document from a content server, and

compare the requested document to the base file of the document class to determine the delta-difference between the requested document and the base file; and

a condensed document creator to create a condensed document by abbreviating redundancy in the requested document relative to the base file of the document class.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transmitting module to transmit the condensed document to a user computer system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the delta-difference is a byte size of the condensed document.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the requested document is a dynamic template-based electronic document.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the condenser is to associate the requested document with the document class if the base file of the document class has the lowest delta-difference with the requested document.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is to:

compare components of the base file to components of a plurality of requested documents, the plurality of requested documents associated with requests originated from different users; and

determine a component associated with the base file indicative of private information, based on a result of the comparison; and

remove the component indicative of private information from the base file.

12. A method comprising:

maintaining a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components;

using one or more processors, selecting a plurality of document components with a highest frequency of request;

using the one or more processors, aggregating the plurality of document components to create a base file for the document class; and

associating a requested document with the document class, in an automated manner, if a delta-difference between the requested document and the base file of the document class is less than a threshold value.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising:

receiving a user request for the requested document;

retrieving the requested document from a content server;

comparing components of the requested document to the list of document components; and

incrementing the frequency of requests for components in the list of document components.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising adding a component of the requested document to the list of document components.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising removing document components having an associated frequency of requests below a determinable threshold.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising:

comparing components of the base file to components of a plurality of requested documents, the plurality of requested documents associated with requests originated from different users; and

determining a component associated with the base file indicative of private information, based on a result of the comparison; and

removing the component indicative of private information from the base file.

17. The method of claim 12, comprising:

receiving a user request for the requested document;

retrieving the requested document from a content server;

comparing the requested document to the base file of the document class, to determine the delta-difference between the requested document and the base file of the document class; and

creating a condensed document by abbreviating redundancy in the requested document relative to the base file of the document class.

18. A machine-readable medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

maintain a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components;

select a plurality of document components with a highest frequency of request;

aggregate the plurality of document components to create a base file for the document class; and

associate a requested document with the document class, in an automated manner, if a delta-difference between the requested document and the base file of the document class is less than a threshold value.

19. A system comprising:

means for maintaining a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components;

means for selecting a plurality of document components with a highest frequency of request;

means for aggregating the plurality of document components to create a base file for the document class; and

means for associating a requested document with the document class, in an automated manner, if a delta-difference between the requested document and the base file of the document class is less than a threshold value.