GLOBALES DOKUMENTENHOSTSYSTEM MIT VERWENDUNG VON EINGEFÜGTEN VERTEILTEN FANTOMSERVERN

申请公布号：: DE1125219(T1)
申请号：: DE19990934032T
申请日期：: 1999.07.14
申请公布日期：: 2002.05.23
申请人：: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
发明人：: LEIGHTON, THOMSON;LEWIN, M.
分类号：: G06F12/00;G06F13/00;G06F17/30;H04L29/06;H04L29/08;H04L29/12;(IPC1-7):G06F17/21;G06F3/00
主分类号：: G06F12/00
摘要：: <p>The present invention is a network architecture or framework that supports hosting and content distribution on a truly global scale. The inventive framework allows a Content Provider to replicate and serve its most popular content at an unlimited number of points throughout the world. The inventive framework comprises a set of servers operating in a distributed manner. The actual content to be served is preferably supported on a set of hosting servers (sometimes referred to as ghost servers). This content comprises HTML page objects that, conventionally, are served from a Content Provider site. In accordance with the invention, however, a base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider's site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider's site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.</p>