Rules-Based Transactions Prefetching Using Connection End-Point Proxies

A method for accelerating a client-server transaction, the method comprising:

• receiving a message from a client application directed to a server application;
• determining if the message is consistent with a previous message sent to the server application;
• sending the message to the server in response to a determination that the message is consistent with the previous message sent to the server application;
• comparing the message with a set of rules;
• generating at least one additional message in response to the message matching at least one rule;
• and
• forwarding the additional message to the server application.

A method for accelerating a client-server transaction, the method comprising:

• receiving a message from a client application directed to a server application;
• determining if the message corresponds with data in a results cache;
• sending the message to the server application in response to a determination that the message does not correspond with the data in the results cache;
• and
• sending a response message to the client application in response to a determination that the message does correspond with at least a portion of the data in the results cache, wherein the response message includes at least a portion of the data from the results cache.

A network proxy adapted to accelerate a client-server transaction, the network proxy comprising:

• a first network interface adapted to exchange messages with a client application;
• a second network interface adapted to exchange messages with a server application;
• a rule store adapted to store at least one rule, wherein the rule includes a rule element specifying an attribute of a set of at least one message from the client application and an action element specifying at least a portion of an additional message associated with the set of at least one message;
• and
• a match engine adapted to compare a message received from the client application via the first network interface with the rule element of the rule store, to generate the additional message from the action element in response to the message from the client application matching the attribute of the rule element, and to send the additional message to the server application.

A network proxy adapted to accelerate a client-server transaction, the network proxy comprising:

• a first network interface adapted to exchange messages with a client application;
• a second network interface adapted to exchange messages with a server application;
• a results cache adapted to store data including response messages prefetched on behalf of the client application;
• and
• logic adapted to:
• determine if a message received from a client application and directed to a server application corresponds with data in a results cache;
• send the message to the server application in response to a determination that the message does not correspond with the data in the results cache;
• and
• send the response message stored in the results cache to the client application in response to a determination that the message does correspond with at least a portion of the data in the results cache.