System and method to optimize data communication in a computational network

A system, comprising:

• a processor for data communication,
• a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,
• the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• connecting, by the processor, to a computational network, wherein the processor comprises a container data object with a plurality of external data objects:
• receiving, by the processor and from a client computational device, a request for the plurality of external data objects, wherein the request comprises a client-side entity tag uniquely identifying a first version of a bundle, and wherein the first version of the bundle comprises the plurality of external data objects and is stored in a temporary memory location in the client computational device;
• determining, by the processor, whether the client-side entity tag is associated with a server entity tag;
• and
• in response to the client-side entity tag being associated with the server entity tag:
• transmitting, by the processor, a response indicating that the bundle may be retrieved from the client computational device;
• otherwise
• in response to the client-side entity tag not being associated with the server entity tag:
• retrieving, by the processor, the plurality of external data objects from a database based upon the request;
• and
• performing, by the processor, a first level compression on the plurality of external data objects;
• creating, by the processor, a second version of the bundle comprising the plurality of external data objects;
• performing, by the processor, a second level compression on the second version of the bundle;
• and
• transmitting, by the processor, a response comprising the second version of the bundle to the client computational device, wherein the response comprises the server entity tag and a status code indicating a valid status of the server entity tag, wherein the server entity tag uniquely identifies the second version of the bundle.

An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a data communications server computer, cause the computer to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving, by the data communication server computer and from a client computational device, a request for a plurality of external data objects, wherein the data communication server computer comprises a container data object with a reference to the plurality of external data objects, wherein the request comprises a client-side entity tag uniquely identifying a first version of a bundle, and wherein the first version of the bundle comprises the plurality of external data objects and is stored in a temporary memory location in the client computational device;
• determining, by the data communication server computer, whether the client-side entity tag is associated with a server entity tag;
• and
• in response to the client-side entity tag being associated with the server entity tag:
• transmitting, by the data communication server computer, a response indicating that the bundle may be retrieved from the client computational device;
• otherwise
• in response to the client-side entity tag not being associated with the server entity tag:
• retrieving, by the data communication server computer, the plurality of external data objects from a database;
• performing, by the data communication server computer, a first level compression on the plurality of external data objects;
• creating, by the data communication server computer, a second version of the bundle comprising the plurality of external data objects;
• performing, by the data communication server computer, a second level compression on the second version of the bundle;
• and
• transmitting, by the data communication server computer, a response comprising the second version of the bundle to the client computational device, wherein the response comprises the server entity tag and a status code indicating a valid status of the server entity tag, wherein the server entity tag uniquely identifies the second version of the bundle.