The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1997
Jeffrey Brian Kay, Springfield, VA (US);
IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for system for electronic communication, in which functional enhancements may be added that require no modification or replacement of the content-storing servers and is transparent to web browser software. The system includes a front-end proxy server and at least one back-end server. The front-end proxy server receives a content request from a user system, processes the content request, and transmits the processed content request to a back-end server. The front-end proxy server receives a content item corresponding to the processed content request from the back-end server and transmits the content item to the user system. The back-end server comprises a content storage device containing a plurality of content items. The back-end server receives processed content requests from the front-end proxy server, retrieves a content item corresponding to the content request and transmits the retrieved content item to the front-end proxy server.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile