Patent ID: 8543608

Claim:
A method of serving content on a network, said method comprising: maintaining information indicating a time of validity of a static web page, wherein said static web page has a content, wherein said time of validity comprises a date of expiry of said content; receiving in a web server, a request for said static web page from a client system, said request being directed to said web server; determining in said web server, whether said content of said static web page is valid based on said time of validity, wherein said determining comprises comparing a current time with said date of expiry, said static web page being determined as not being valid if said current time is later than said date of expiry, wherein said determining is performed in response to receiving said request; if said content is determined as being valid, sending said static web page, including said content, to said client system as a response to said request, else, sending additional content along with said content of said static web page to said client system as said response to said request, wherein said additional content causes display of a message indicating that the content of said static web page is not valid, on said client system when said content of said static web page is displayed on said client system as a response to said request for said static web page.