Patent ID: 7171455

Claim:
A method for providing a requester with access to dynamic data via quasi-static data requests, comprising the steps of: defining a web page, said web page including at least one dynamic element that changes at a relatively slow rate as compared to other dynamic data or that changes at a well defined rate with respect to other dynamic data; creating an executable digital code to be run on a computer and invoked at defined intervals by a scheduler code, said executable code creating and storing a quasi-static copy of said defined web page; creating said scheduler code capable of invoking said executable code at predefined intervals, said scheduler code including information on which executable code is to be executed and how often; loading said executable code and said scheduler code onto a platform in connectivity a web server and in a manner in which said executable code and said scheduler code are in connectivity with each another; invoking execution of said scheduler code such that said executable code generates said quasi-static copy of said defined web page at periodic intervals; retrieving and returning said quasi-static copy of said defined web page in response to requests for said defined web page; and wherein: said web page is defined and stored in a centralized repository; defining said web page comprises the steps of: defining a Placement and derivation for all elements comprising said web page; and defining said web page as either static or dynamic in nature; said elements are defined as dynamic or static in nature; and the creation of said executable code and the creation of the scheduler code is generated from Business Class definitions comprised of said defined web pages.