Conductor gateway prioritization parameters

A method of transmitting requests from a client to a request-specified origin server comprising the acts of:

• sending one or more requests from one or more client computers, the requests designating an origin server;
• determining for each request whether a request priority parameter is associated with the request;
• assigning the request priority parameter to a first priority value;
• transmitting the requests to the origin server in an order based upon the first priority value;
• generating a response to the request using the origin server;
• determining for the response whether a response priority parameter is associated with the response based on a priority associated with content identified in the request;
• marking the generated response with priority information;
• assigning both the request priority information and the response priority parameter to a second priority value such that the second priority value is based on the number of the requests and the request priority information;
• and
• transmitting the response to the requesting client computers according to the second priority value.

A method of transmitting messages from a source computer to a response-specified destination computer comprising the acts of:

• sending a plurality of messages, wherein each message specifies a destination computer;
• determining for each message whether the message is associated with a content priority parameter;
• determining for each message whether the message is associated with a user priority parameter;
• determining for each message whether the message is associated with a request for secure or unsecure resources of the destination computer;
• assigning each content priority parameter and each user priority parameter to a composite priority value, wherein the composite priority value is based at least partially upon the number of resources that are requested that are secure and the number of resources that are requested that are unsecure;
• and
• transmitting the messages to the specified destination computers in an order based upon the composite priority value.

A method of monitoring use of network server resources comprising:

• associating a content priority value with each of a plurality of resources that are accessible through the network server, wherein the content priority value is based at least partially upon information associated with each of the plurality of resources;
• for each user requesting the resources, tracking the content priority values associated with individual resources requested by the user;
• for each user requesting the resources, determining whether the requested resources are secure or unsecure;
• and
• determining a composite priority value for each user wherein the composite priority value based at least partially upon the content priority values of each of the resources that are requested and based at least partially upon the number of resources that are requested that are secure and the number of resources that are requested that are unsecure.

A method of monitoring use of network server resources comprising:

• providing a first plurality of secure resources and a second plurality of unsecure resources on the network server;
• and
• for each user requesting the resources, tracking whether the requested resources are secure or unsecure;
• and
• determining a composite priority value for each user wherein the composite priority value is based at least partially upon the number of resources that are requested that are secure and the number of resources that are requested that are unsecure.