Patent ID: 8566424
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A 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; storing data that indicates characteristics of a plurality of sources of requests; after storing the data, receiving at a server that includes one or more processors, from a source, a request containing a particular hint token; identifying, by the server, a characteristic of the source of the request; wherein the step of identifying the characteristic is performed by the server based on (a) the stored data, and (b) information that identifies the source; from the plurality of shortcut sets, the server selecting a shortcut set that is specifically associated with the characteristic of the source of the request; 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 source to a data source associated, within the selected shortcut set, with the particular hint token.