System and method for serving web pages
First Claim
1. Apparatus for supplying web pages from servers to requesting clients over the Internet, comprising:
- a plurality of servers, each configured to supply web page data to a plurality of requesting clients;
a traffic manager configured to receive request data from the requesting clients and to select one of said serving devices for serving web page data to the requesting client; and
a data manipulation station configured to manipulate said request data or said web page data, wherein;
said traffic manager supplies a function call to said data manipulation station that includes request data or web page data using internet protocol;
said manipulation station manipulates at least on of said request data or said web page data to produce manipulated data, the produced manipulated data having reduced bandwidth demand; and
said manipulation station returns said manipulated data to the traffic manager.
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Abstract
A system is shown that supplies web pages from servers (109 to 116, 301 to 305) to requesting clients (102 to 106) over the Internet (101). Each server is configured to supply web page data to requesting clients. A traffic manager (120) receives request data from browsing clients and selects one of the serving devices for serving web page data. A data manipulation station (125) manipulates request data or web page data. The traffic manager supplies a function call to the data manipulation station that includes request data or web page data using Internet protocol. The manipulation station manipulates the request data or the web page data to produce manipulated data and the manipulated date is returned to the traffic manager.
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1. Apparatus for supplying web pages from servers to requesting clients over the Internet, comprising:
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a plurality of servers, each configured to supply web page data to a plurality of requesting clients; a traffic manager configured to receive request data from the requesting clients and to select one of said serving devices for serving web page data to the requesting client; and a data manipulation station configured to manipulate said request data or said web page data, wherein; said traffic manager supplies a function call to said data manipulation station that includes request data or web page data using internet protocol; said manipulation station manipulates at least on of said request data or said web page data to produce manipulated data, the produced manipulated data having reduced bandwidth demand; and said manipulation station returns said manipulated data to the traffic manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of performing a traffic management function to facilitate the supply of web pages from servers to requesting clients over the Internet, comprising the step of:
receiving request data from a browsing client to supply web page data to said browsing client from a server;
comprising the steps of;supplying a function call using internet protocol to a manipulating station configured to manipulate said request data; receiving manipulated request data from said manipulating station using internet protocol in response to said function call; using said manipulated request data to address a server, receiving web page data from said server in response to said manipulated request data, the received web page data having reduced bandwidth demand in response to the manipulated request data; and serving said received web page data to said browsing client. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of performing a traffic management function to facilitate the supply of web pages from servers to requesting clients over the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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receiving request data from a browsing client to supply web page data to said browsing client from a server; requesting web page data from a selected server in response to said request data; supplying a function call using internet protocol to a manipulating station configured to manipulate said web page data; receiving manipulated web page data from said manipulating station using internet protocol in response to said function call, the manipulated web page data having a reduced bandwidth demand in response to said function call; and serving said manipulated web page data to said browsing client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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