Patent ID: 7693840

Claim:
A system for updating web page common elements, comprising: a first server computer; a distribution component on the first server computer that transfers a common element to a plurality of other server computers, wherein the common element is at least one of a navigation link and an information element; a distribution agent operable on each of the other server computers that receives the common element and stores the common element in a directory, wherein the distribution agent registers with the distribution component and provides information for the distribution component to transfer the common element to the distribution agent; and a server component operable on each of the other server computers that, in response to a request from a client for a page containing the common element, parses the page, inserts at least the common element from the directory into the page, returns the page to the client to promote displaying the page with at least the common element from the directory of one of the plurality of other server computers, wherein the distribution component detects when the common element is changed and sends a message about the change of the common element to the distribution agent and wherein the distribution agent responds to the message about the change by sending a request to the distribution component to send the common element to the distribution agent, and wherein the distribution component makes the common element in the directory available to the server component on each of the other server computers at a scheduled time.