Method, network and computer program for processing a content request
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnand Eswaran, Ravindra Guntur, Vijay Kannan, Venkatavaradhan Devarajan
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Abstract
The embodiments described herein provide a method, program and computing network for processing a content request received via a computing network. The method comprises the steps of receiving an incoming request for content from a remote computing device, determining the content type requested by the incoming request and delivering the request to one of a plurality of servers according to the determined content request type.
Claims23
A method for processing a content request received via a computing network, comprising:
- receiving an incoming request for content from a remote computing device;
- determining a content type requested by the incoming request, wherein determining the content type comprises generating, by at least one processor, an object identifier by applying a function on a portion of the incoming request;
- and
- delivering the request to one of a plurality of servers according to the object identifier, wherein the object identifier has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion allows a first technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, and the second portion allows a second, different technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, wherein the second technique of delivering the request supports dynamic association of the content among the plurality of servers.
A computing network, comprising:
- a plurality of servers having corresponding processors, wherein each of the plurality of servers is arranged to process an incoming request for content from a remote computing device;
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- a processing arrangement configured to:
- receive the incoming request for the content;
- generate an object identifier by applying a function on a portion of the incoming request;
- and
- deliver the request to one of the plurality of servers according to the object identifier, wherein the object identifier has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion allows a first technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, and the second portion allows a second, different technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, wherein the second technique of delivering the request supports dynamic association of the content among the plurality of servers.
A processor-readable storage medium storing a program for processing incoming content requests in a programmable device and comprising instructions which when executed cause at least one processor in the programmable device to implement the steps of:
- receiving an incoming request for content from a remote computing device;
- generating one object identifier by applying a function on a portion of the incoming request;
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- delivering the request to one of a plurality of servers according to the object identifier, wherein the object identifier has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion allows a first technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, and the second portion allows a second, different technique of delivering the request to one of the plurality of servers, wherein the second technique of delivering the request supports dynamic association of the content among the plurality of servers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.