Patent ID: 7146429
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for retrieving from a destination web content data specified by a source at a source internet protocol address (IPA) and corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a web server, the method comprising the steps of, storing, at a proximal IPA, in a forwarding table a destination IPA, storing, at the proximal IPA, in the forwarding table a destination URL identifier for identifying the web content data, the destination URL identifier is stored in the forwarding table in reference to the destination IPA, receiving, at the proximal IPA, from the source a source URL identifier, matching, at the proximal IPA, the source URL identifier to the destination URL identifier, cross referencing, at the proximal IPA, in the forwarding table the stored destination URL identifier with the destination IPA, and transmitting, from the proximal IPA, the source URL identifier to the destination at the destination IPA for transmitting from the destination at the destination IPA the web content data to retrieve the web content data from the destination.