Patent ID: 6615266
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for dynamically processing browser-generated requests for content using a modular filter, comprising:a browser executing on a client generating a request specifying content for retrieval from a server, the content request comprising at least one tag indicating a particular type of content request; a modular filter interfaced to the browser trapping the content request prior to the content request being issued to the server; a dispatch loop executing within the modular filter switched on the type of the at least one tag; an image tag handler associated with each particular type of tag, the dispatch loop dispatching the content request to the image tag handler associated with the particular type of tag for each at least one tag; the associated image tag handler processing information within the content request; and a communications layer driver interfaced with the modular filter and functionally interposed between the browser and, a communications channel linking the client with the server.