Patent ID: 6167436
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of acquiring a plurality of data from a plurality of servers, the plurality of data being specified by a plurality of links, the method comprising the steps of:acquiring one of the plurality of data from one of the plurality of servers, said one of the plurality of data being specified by one of the plurality of links;determining how frequently said one of the plurality of data is updated in said one of the plurality of servers, wherein the determining step includes a substep of determining whether update time information is included in the acquired data;storing time information in correspondence with said one of the plurality of links, the time information indicating when to acquire an updated version of said one of the plurality of data, responsive to a result obtained by the determining step, wherein the storing step includes a substep of calculating a next acquisition time according to the update time information when the update time information is included in the acquired data; andacquiring said updated version of said one of the plurality of data from said one of the plurality of servers in accordance with the time information.