Patent ID: 9154540
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a computing environment, a method of handling requests for resources of a web based service, the method comprising: receiving a request from an external client for a resource; determining that the resource is not available in a first version of a web based service; and providing routing information to a second version of the web based service, wherein the routing information is readable by the second version of the web based service to allow the second version of the web based service to handle the request as a request from the first version and not simply a brand new request from the external client, wherein providing routing information comprises adding routing information to header information of the request as well as adding a loop detection value, wherein the loop detection value is incremented at the second version of the web based service in response to the second version of the web based service determining that the resource is not available at the second version of the web service.