Method and system for automatically caching dynamic content based on a cacheability determination

Patent 6351767 Issued on February 26, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 25, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 237135 filed on 01/25/1999

US Classes:

709/219, Accessing a remote server709/202, Processing agent709/213, MULTICOMPUTER DATA TRANSFERRING VIA SHARED MEMORY711/118Caching

Examiners

Primary: Lim, Krisna

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

International Class

G06F 015/16

Abstract

A caching system and method are disclosed that allow for the caching of web pages that have dynamic content. The caching system and method utilize a cacheability analyzer that analyzes responses based on time, content, user identification, and macro hierarchy. The caching system only caches those responses having dynamic content that are deemed cacheable. The method for caching dynamic content includes identifying parts of a response to a request for dynamic content from a requestor and attributes associated with the parts. The attributes are examined to determine cacheability of the response. A cacheability is made based on the determination and the response may be cached based upon that cacheability determination.