US 9,069,870 B2 · Client-side aggregation of context-sensitive request results where results for aggregation are asynchronously produced by multiple servers

Abstract

The present invention discloses a solution for handling HTTP requests for content produced asynchronously by multiple servers, where a requesting client aggregates content. In the solution, a client can issue a content request to a request receiving server. The content request can define a request context. The request receiving server can deliver initial content including placeholders to the client, can issue asynchronous requests to multiple placeholder content servers, and can thereafter terminate threads/processes and can free resources involved in handling the request context. Each of the placeholder content servers can process one of the asynchronous requests and can convey placeholder content results to a result distribution service. The result distribution service can provide the client with the placeholder content. The client can aggregate the content from all sources.

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Dependent claims

A method for handling client requests within a request context comprising:

a client issuing a content request to a request receiving server, said content request defining a request context;
the request receiving server delivering initial content including placeholders to the client, issuing asynchronous requests to a plurality of placeholder content servers, and thereafter terminating threads/processes and freeing resources involved in handling the request context at the request receiving server;
each of the placeholder content servers processing one of the asynchronous requests and conveying placeholder content results to a result distribution service;
the result distribution service providing the client with the placeholder content;
and
the client aggregating the initial content and the placeholder content in an interface of the client.

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A system for handling client requests for a request context comprising:

a client configured to convey a content request to a remotely located content server, said content request defining a request context, the content server returning initial request results and placeholders containing no content, wherein initial request results and asynchronous request results are presented within an interface of the client, wherein the asynchronous request results include content to fill in the placeholders, the asynchronous request results being produced by a plurality of servers that each asynchronously perform operations in response to receiving an asynchronous request from the content server to produce each respective server's content, and wherein the client aggregates the content from the plurality of servers in the interface of the client.

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Client-side aggregation of context-sensitive request results where results for aggregation are asynchronously produced by multiple servers

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Client-side aggregation of context-sensitive request results where results for aggregation are asynchronously produced by multiple servers

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