Method and apparatus for processing information related to interactive web sites
First Claim
1. A method of processing information comprising:
- accepting a request from a client computer system, said request specifying an address of a referring Internet web page, said referring Internet web page being the web page with which said client computer system had contact previous to sending said request;
subsequent to obtaining said address of said referring Internet web page from said request, dynamically generating, based at least in part on said obtained address of said referring Internet web page, a code name;
perform a call using said code name that was dynamically generated based at least in part on said obtained address of said referring Internet web page, said call attempting to dynamically load a handler routine potentially associated with said referring web page;
in the event that a handler routine associated with said referring web page exists, resulting in successful;
dynamically executing said handler routine loaded at least in part by performing said call using said dynamically generated code name, wherein executing said handler routine includes at least one of a modification to data associated with said request and a redirection of said client computer system to another web page; and
responding to said request; and
in the event that a handler routine associated with said referring web page does not exist, resulting in failed dynamic loading;
responding to said request.
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Abstract
A method for creating interactive web sites that are easy to modify is disclosed. The method uses a specific web server request handler system that examines each request to determine if a handler should be called to handle information related to the referring web page. Specifically, the server system examines the address of the referring web page to see if the server has a handler routine associated with the referring web page. If the server has a handler associated with the referring web page, then the server executes the handler routine to process any information in the current request, any state information, or any other information. After executing the handler routine, the server handles the current request. The handling of the current request may be affected by the processing performed by the handler routine associated with the referring web page.
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1. A method of processing information comprising:
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accepting a request from a client computer system, said request specifying an address of a referring Internet web page, said referring Internet web page being the web page with which said client computer system had contact previous to sending said request; subsequent to obtaining said address of said referring Internet web page from said request, dynamically generating, based at least in part on said obtained address of said referring Internet web page, a code name; perform a call using said code name that was dynamically generated based at least in part on said obtained address of said referring Internet web page, said call attempting to dynamically load a handler routine potentially associated with said referring web page; in the event that a handler routine associated with said referring web page exists, resulting in successful; dynamically executing said handler routine loaded at least in part by performing said call using said dynamically generated code name, wherein executing said handler routine includes at least one of a modification to data associated with said request and a redirection of said client computer system to another web page; and responding to said request; and in the event that a handler routine associated with said referring web page does not exist, resulting in failed dynamic loading; responding to said request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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