Link expansion service

One or more computer-readable storage memory embodying computer-executable instructions that, responsive to execution by at least one processor, are configured to:

• receive, at a device, a request from a second device for information associated with a link to content, the request including the link to content;
• responsive to receiving the request, ascertain one or more sources from which to obtain the information based, at least in part, on the received link to content, wherein at least one of the one or more sources is associated with an address other than an address to which the link points;
• send, from the device, at least one request to the one or more sources for the information;
• receive, at the device, the information from at least one of the one or more sources;
• generate at least one response including at least some of the information in a consumable format, wherein to generate at least one response includes an ability to:
• identify at least one service object contained within the information;
• and add, within the at least one response, one or more properties associated with the at least one service object, wherein the consumable format comprises JavaScript Object Notation (JSON);
• and send, to the second device, the at least one or more response to a requester of the information.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, at a device, a request from at least a second device for information associated with a link to content, the request including the link to content;
• responsive to receiving the request, ascertaining, at the device, one or more sources from which to obtain the information wherein at least one of the one or more sources is associated with an address other than an address to which the link points;
• sending, from the device, at least one request to the one or more sources for the information;
• receiving, at the device, the information from at least one of the one or more sources;
• generating, at the device, at least one response including at least some of the information in a consumable format, wherein said generating at least one response includes an ability to:
• identify at least one service object contained within the information;
• and add, within the at least one response, one or more properties associated with the at least one service object, and wherein the consumable format comprises Extensible Markup Language (XML);
• and returning, from the device, the at least one or more response to the at least second device, wherein the device is remote from the at least second device.

One or more computer-readable storage memory embodying computer-executable instructions that, responsive to execution by at least one processor, are configured to:

• receive, at a device, a request from a second device for information associated with a link to content, the request including the link to content;
• responsive to receiving the request, ascertain one or more sources from which to obtain the information based, at least in part, on the received link to content, wherein at least one of the one or more sources is associated with an address other than an address to which the link points;
• send, from the device, at least one request to the one or more sources for the information;
• receive, at the device, the information from at least one of the one or more sources;
• generate at least one response including at least some of the information in a consumable format, wherein to generate at least one response includes an ability to:
• identify at least one service object contained within the information;
• and
• add, within the at least one response, one or more properties associated with the at least one service object, wherein the consumable format comprises Extensible Markup Language (XML);
• and send, to the second device, the at least one or more response to a requester of the information.