Patent ID: 6438125
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A web traffic monitor interposed into a communication path between one of a client or a subscriber and a web page content server which is operable to:A. intercept at least some web traffic originating from the one of the client or the subscriber; and B. determine whether the intercepted web traffic includes a request originating from the one of the client or the subscriber for an intended web page which may be retrieved from the web page content server and: i. if the traffic does include the request for the intended web page, then determine, based on a predetermined criterion, whether it is appropriate to respond to the request for the intended web page by returning a replacement page other than that originally intended by the one of the client or the subscriber; and a. if the predetermined criterion is satisfied, then retrieve the replacement web page from a web content shove server linked to the web traffic monitor and return the replacement web page to the one of the client or the subscriber; or b. if the predetermined criterion is not satisfied, then transit the request for the intended web page on the communication path to the web page content server; or ii. if the traffic does not include the request for the intended web page, transmit the traffic to an appropriate location.