Patent ID: 7099914
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a server responsive to a request for data from a user of a client browser specifying predefined configuration parameters comprising one or both of data type and size, comprising the steps of: receiving from said browser a head request for the header of a data file; responsive to said head request, serving to said browser data file header information including data file data type and size; responsive to said browser determining from said data file header that said data file data type and size are in accordance with said request for data, receiving from said browser a get request, said browser responsive to said predefined configuration parameters, consisting only of one or both of said data file data type and said size, not being in accordance with said data file header information, not issuing said get request to said server; and thereafter responsive to said get request, serving to said browser data corresponding to said header.