Method and system for caching role-specific fragments
View Patent ↗A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for a fragment caching methodology. After a message is received at a computing device, a fragment in the message body is cached. Cache ID rules from an origin server accompany a fragment to describe a method for forming a unique cache ID for the fragment such that dynamic content can be cached away from an origin server. A cache ID may be based on a URI and/or query parameters and/or cookies that are associated with a fragment. After user authentication, a cookie containing the user's role may be used in subsequent requests for role-specific fragments and in the cache identifier for role-specific fragments, thereby allowing requests from other users for role-specific fragments to be resolved in the cache when the users have the same role because these users would also have the same cookie.
1. 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.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
authenticating at a server a first user at the first client device;
in response to authenticating the first user, determining a user category to which the first user belongs;
generating the cookie value to represent the user category; and
sending from the server the first response message and the first cookie.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
retrieving the fragment from the cache using the cache identifier;
generating a second response message comprising the fragment and sending the second response message to the second client device;
authenticating at a server a second user at the second client device;
in response to authenticating the second user, determining that the second user belongs to the user category;
generating the cookie value to represent the user category; and
sending from the server a third response message and the second cookie.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining the cookie value based on a user category.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
determining the user category based on membership of a user of a client device within a group of users.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the group of users comprises a subset of users in a company, an institution, an association, or an organization.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the group of users comprises users associated with an employee role.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein the group of users comprises users associated with a consumer category.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the cookie value is encrypted.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the source identifier is formatted as a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first response message is an HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol) Response message and the first request message is an HTTP Request message.