Patent ID: 6687732
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a system that routes requests for information destined for an origin server via an interception device, and redirects the intercepted requests for information to a proxy processing engine that participates in processing the requests for information, a method of routing the requests for information comprising the steps of:receiving feature information identifying one or more features of a current transaction or environment; selecting a bypass percentage value based on the values of system parameters and tolerances; generating a pseudo-random value using a pseudo-random number generator; selectively bypassing the proxy processing engine for a particular request for information so that the proxy processing engine does not participate in the processing of the particular request for information; wherein the selective bypassing of the proxy processing engine is based upon the feature information and environmental information and whether the pseudo-random value is less than the bypass percentage; and redirecting the particular request for information to the origin server.