| US 7,509,433 B1 | ||
| Selecting quick-to-download content through an alternative hypertext protocol | ||
| Andrew J. Hall, Basingstoke (United Kingdom); and Brian D. Peacock, North Baddesley (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/123,077. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—232 | 1 Claim |

| 1. A method for selecting quick-to-download content through an alternative hypertext protocol, comprising:
defining standards for an alternative hypertext protocol, wherein the alternative hypertext protocol standards are identical
to Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) standards but with use of a unique predefined Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme;
defining, on a web server connected to the internet, content on a web server to be delivered via HTTP, the web server being
configured to establish HTTP connections through a first port and to establish alternative hypertext protocol connections
through a second port;
defining quick-to-download content on the web server to be delivered via the alternative hypertext protocol, wherein the quick-to-download
content contains a subset of the content to be delivered via HTTP;
making available the content on the first port of the web server through HTTP;
making available the quick-to-download content on the second port of the web server through the alternative hypertext protocol;
establishing an internet connection on the second port of the web server responsive to the web server receiving a request
for data with the alternative hypertext protocol from a client, the alternative hypertext protocol request initiated by the
client through use of an URI address containing the unique predefined URI scheme of the alternative hypertext protocol; and
transferring from the web server the quick-to-download content via the alternative hypertext protocol through the internet
connection on the second port of the web server.
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