Patent ID: 7099888
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of providing data to a requestor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a first server, a first request for data that does not reside at said first server; in response to said first request, sending a second request for said data from said first server to a second server; in response to said second request, receiving said data at said first server; prior to providing said data to said requestor, determining whether said data includes a reference that purports to refer to a nested object located at a server other than said first server; in response to determining that said data includes a reference that purports to refer to a nested object located at a server other than said first server, performing, at said first server, the steps of: creating modified data by replacing the reference with a virtual reference to said nested object; storing mapping data that associates said virtual reference with said reference and with a server capable of resolving said reference; and providing said modified data to said requestor.