Patent ID: 8069224

Claim:
A resource acquisition method, comprising: loading to a customer terminal a first resource list defined in a first uniform resource description file, wherein: the first resource list contains an identification of a resource, first path information of the resource required by the customer terminal and first resource protocol information associated with the resource, and the first uniform resource description file is at least one of generated locally at the customer terminal or received by the customer terminal from a resource storage; obtaining at the customer terminal the first path information of the resource from the first resource list according to the identification of the resource; generating a first request message according to the first protocol information associated with the resource contained in the first resource list; sending the first request message to a first resource storage according to the first path information to acquire the resource; determining whether the resource is available at the first resource storage; in an event that the resource is available at the first resource storage, receiving from the first resource storage the resource requested; and in an event that the resource is not available at the first resource storage; obtaining a second resource description file from the first resource storage, loading to the customer terminal a second resource list, wherein the second resource list contains the identification of the resource, second path information of the resource required by the customer terminal and second resource protocol information associated with the resource, obtaining by the customer terminal the second path information of the resource from the second resource list according to the identification of the resource, generating a second request message according to the second resource protocol information associated with the resource contained in the second resource list, and sending the second request message to a second resource storage according to the second path information.