Patent ID: 6574715
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A web server application for use in a data processing system comprising:an engine, wherein the engine receives and responds to requests for a page, wherein the page includes a plurality of fragments, wherein a first portion of the plurality of fragments are stored in an internal cache and a second portion of the plurality of fragments are stored in an external cache group; an interface to the external cache, wherein the external cache provides the first portion of the plurality of fragments stored in the external cache group to a client data processing system sending a request for the page; and a cache coordinator, wherein the cache coordinator manages fragments located in the internal cache and the external cache, wherein the cache coordinator selectively sends the fragments to the external cache through the interface and wherein information on the fragments is maintained at the data processing system for use in managing the fragments sent to the external cache.