Patent ID: 7509393

Claim:
A method for processing objects within a data processing system in a network, the method comprising: receiving at a first computing device a first response message that is provided in response to a first request message, wherein the first response message comprises a fragment and a source identifier for a fragment, wherein the first response message is associated with a first cookie having a cookie value, and wherein the first response message is directed to a first client device; generating a cache identifier for the fragment based on the source identifier and the cookie value; storing the fragment in a cache at the first computing device using the cache identifier; receiving a second request message at the first computing device from a second client device, wherein the second request message contains the source identifier for the fragment, and wherein the second request message is associated with a second cookie having the cookie value; and in response to receiving the second request message, generating the cache identifier for the fragment based on the source identifier and the cookie value.