Patent ID: 6516338
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for a information management network server, for use in distributing an information object to a client computer, comprising:a processor; and a memory connected to the processor and storing computer executable instructions; and wherein the processor, in response to the executable instructions: receives a request from a process executing in the client computer to download a manifest file to the client computer, the request being issued in response to execution, by a browser in the client computer, of an associated tag embedded in a web page accessed by the browser, wherein the tag specifies a network address of the information management network server to which the process issues the request but is substantially independent of and does not specify any information object so as to substantially decouple the web page from said any object; selects, in response to the request, a given one of a plurality of information objects to be displayed on the client computer and, in response thereto, accesses a manifest file stored in the memory and associated with the given one information object, wherein the manifest file comprises a manifest of names of a plurality of predefined informational files that collectively comprise part of the given one information object, a network address at which each of the predefined informational files can be accessed by the client computer and associated configuration information necessary to properly play the given one information object through the client computer; and downloads the manifest file to the client computer so that the client computer can subsequently access the informational files from their respective network addresses.