Patent ID: 7752285
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine implemented method comprising: maintaining, in storage, a plurality of shortcut sets; wherein each shortcut set of the plurality of shortcut sets contains associations between one or more hint tokens and one or more data sources; receiving at a server that includes one or more processors, from a client, a request containing a particular hint token; identifying, by the server, an environment to which the client belongs; from the plurality of shortcut sets, the server selecting a shortcut set that is specifically associated with the environment, wherein each shortcut set contains hint tokens associated with data sources; determining, by the server, whether the selected shortcut set contains the particular hint token; and in response to determining that the selected shortcut set contains the particular hint token, the server directing the client to a data source associated, within the selected shortcut set, with the particular hint token.