Method, apparatus and system for processing message bundles on a network
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1. A method for processing message bundles, comprising:
- generating a message bundle comprising a plurality of sub-messages, each of the plurality of sub-messages including information to process the plurality of sub-messages;
examining the information in a first of the plurality of sub-messages to determine where to transmit the message bundle;
transmitting the message bundle to a first server responsible for processing the first of the plurality of sub-messagesprocessing the first of the plurality of sub-messages;
examining the information in the second of the plurality of sub-messages to determine whether the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by one of the first server and a second server;
if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by the first server, processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages;
if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by a second server, deleting the first of the plurality of sub-messages to generate a modified message bundle comprising at least the second of the plurality of sub-messages; and
transmitting the modified message bundle to the second server responsible for processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages in the modified message bundle.
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Abstract
Network bundles may be processed in a distributed network having a decentralized serving structure. The message bundles may be modified to include a client address. Additionally, each message bundle comprises a plurality of sub-messages, and each sub-message may contain either a link to the output of another sub-message, or a network address. A network device may be implemented to gather responses to the sub-messages from various servers and to organize the responses into a final response to send to the client.
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1. A method for processing message bundles, comprising:
- generating a message bundle comprising a plurality of sub-messages, each of the plurality of sub-messages including information to process the plurality of sub-messages;
examining the information in a first of the plurality of sub-messages to determine where to transmit the message bundle; transmitting the message bundle to a first server responsible for processing the first of the plurality of sub-messages processing the first of the plurality of sub-messages; examining the information in the second of the plurality of sub-messages to determine whether the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by one of the first server and a second server; if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by the first server, processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages; if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by a second server, deleting the first of the plurality of sub-messages to generate a modified message bundle comprising at least the second of the plurality of sub-messages; and transmitting the modified message bundle to the second server responsible for processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages in the modified message bundle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- generating a message bundle comprising a plurality of sub-messages, each of the plurality of sub-messages including information to process the plurality of sub-messages;
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6. A system for processing message bundles, comprising:
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a client capable of generating a message bundle comprising a plurality of sub-messages, each of the plurality of sub-messages including information to process the plurality of sub-messages, the client further capable of examining the information in a first of the plurality of sub-messages to determine where to transmit the message bundle; a first server capable of processing the first of the plurality of sub-messages in the message bundle, the first server additionally capable of examining the information in the second of the plurality of sub-messages to determine whether the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by one of the first server and a second server, if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is to be processed by the first server, the first server additionally processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages, if the second of the plurality of sub-messages is not to be processed by the first server, the first server additionally capable of deleting the first of the plurality of sub-messages to generate a modified message bundle comprising at least the second of the plurality of sub-messages; and a second server capable of processing the second of the plurality of sub-messages in the modified message bundle. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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