Patent ID: 6330561
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for effecting a transfer of information to a proxy server, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a request for information regarding a resource;generating a response to said request, said step of generating including the substeps of,retrieving the requested information,reviewing, volume information correlated to the resource,determining a set of additional information to be related to said resource including the substeps of,analyzing the received request to identify the resource associated with request and to interpret a filter related to a proxy that sent the received request;identifying, based on the output of the analyzing step, at least one further resource related to said resource including the substeps of:reviewing volume information correlated to the resource associated with the request; andcreating a set of further resources based on said review and the interpretation of the filter, andcompiling information about any identified further resource, and combining the retrieved information and the set of additional information; andtransmitting said response to the proxy server.