Patent ID: 9497251
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. method, comprising: receiving, by one or more servers, a request identifying a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL); ascertaining, by the one or more servers, whether a launch time associated with the first URL has been attained, wherein ascertaining, by the one or more servers, is performed based, at least in part, upon a) configuration information including a scheduled date and scheduled time of at least one launch associated with the first URL and b) a current date and current time, wherein the configuration information further identifies a second URL and indicates that a redirect response identifying the second URL is to be transmitted prior to the launch time associated with the first URL; ascertaining that the launch time associated with the first URL has not been attained; and sending, by the one or more servers, a cacheable redirect response identifying the second URL without sending an ESI response including instructions to fetch a web page associated with the first URL from an origin server.