Patent ID: 7200681
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed on an edge server in a content delivery network, comprising: providing the edge server with a structured document, the structured document comprising a first pair of tars identifying an application and defining a request URL domain and path that map to the application, a second pair of tags identifying at least one rule for composing an instance of the application on the edge server using a set of one or more components, each of the components being defined in the structured document by a URI-addressable path and being one of: a presentation component, a code component and a data component, and a third pair of tags identifying a property of a given presentation, code or data component; responsive to receipt at the edge server of a request to the request URL domain and path, evaluating the request URL domain and path to determine whether the edge server has a structured document associated therewith; if the edge server has a structured document associated therewith, retrieving the structured document; parsing the first, second and third pair of tags in the structured document to compose the instance of the application; generating a response to the request using the instance of the application; and delivering the response to the client.