Patent ID: 7716674
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining internal server data from a computer network having a client and a server, the method comprising the following steps: generating at the client an HTTP path name having an identity of a container within the server that contains administrative data about the server; transmitting a request including the HTTP path name from the client to the server; determining at the server whether the HTTP path name includes the identity of the container of the server; if the HTTP path name does not include the identity of the container, transmitting an HTML page from the server; if the HTTP path name includes the identity of the container: processing at the server the HTTP path name to retrieve a snapshot of the identified container of the server, the snapshot representing a current copy of content in the identified container, said snapshot being a hierarchy of containers specifying types, names, values and read/write attributes of information copied from the server's internal structures using an API (Application Program Interface); wherein a new snapshot is generated if no snapshot is included in the HTTP path name of the request, and the new snapshot invalidates a previous snapshot.