Patent ID: 7020681
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing content requests in a network having at least one content provider having stored documents in an unprocessed format, a proxy server and at least one client, the method comprising the following steps performed by the proxy server, of: receiving a request from the client for a document associated with the content provider; determining whether the document is an unprocessed extensible markup language (XML) document; when it is determined that the document is an unprocessed XML document, determining whether a processed version of the document is located in a local cache; when it is determined that the processed version of the document is located in the local cache, providing the processed version of the document to the client; and when it is determined that the processed version of the document is not located in the local cache, (i) obtaining the unprocessed document associated with the content provider; (ii) processing the unprocessed document in accordance with predetermined instructions associated with the unprocessed document; and (iii) providing the processed version of the identified processed document to the client.