Patent ID: 7721294

Claim:
A method, in a communications network, of controlling an object transfer from a first component to a second component remote from the first component, wherein the object transfer is based on a plurality of object requests relating to objects referred to in one or more codes to be processed by the second or another component of the communications network, the method comprising steps of: utilizing an intermediate component positioned between the first and the second component for: sending an object request to the first component; receiving the requested object from the first component; estimating traffic over a link, comprising a number of connections, between the intermediate component and the second component to determine whether the link is fully used before suspending a connection to avoid wasting available bandwidth; dynamically assigning a priority to the requested object, wherein an initial priority has been assigned to the requested object on the basis of an analysis of at least one of the object request and the code that refers to the requested object; and depending on the priority of the requested object, the intermediate component delaying the requested object when the requested object has a priority that is below a threshold priority and forwarding the requested object to the second component when the requested object has a priority that is above said threshold priority, wherein delaying of the requested object includes at least one of instructing the second component to repeat the object request, wherein instructing the second component to repeat the object request includes: assigning a specific attribute to the object to be delayed; informing the second component of the attribute; receiving a reference to the attribute from the second component; and upon receipt of the reference to the attribute, sending the delayed object to the second component or further delaying the delayed object; suspending a connection to the second component via which the requested object is to be forwarded, and informing the second component that the requested object will automatically be forwarded at a later point in time.