JP2016024508A - Relay device, relay method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a time until content to be generated based on information (request source identification information) identifying a request source is presented when the content is requested.SOLUTION: A relay device 10 comprises: an acquisition unit 11a that acquires request source identification information identifying a client C (request source) requesting first content; a request transmission unit 11b that transmits a request including the request source identification information and an acquisition destination of second content to be acquired next to the first content to a server S; a content acquisition unit 11c that acquires the second content generated in accordance with the request from the server S; and a content transmission unit 11d that, when receiving the request transmitted by the request transmission unit 11b and the request having the acquisition destination of the second content and the request source identification information matched from the client C, transmits the earlier acquired second content than the first content to the client C.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a relay device, a relay method, and a program.

  A technology is known in which a relay device is arranged between a client and a server that perform HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) communication, and content provided from the server is cached in the relay device. When the relay device receives a request for cached content, the relay device transmits the cached content to the client without relaying the request to the server. Thereby, the response speed (user experience) to the client can be improved and the communication load performed with the server can be reduced. In general, a relay device targets content (static content) whose content is not changed by a request from a client as a cache target.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a relay device that caches content (dynamic content) whose contents dynamically change in response to a request from a client, such as a servlet or JSP (Java (registered trademark) Server Pages). It is disclosed. This relay apparatus caches the dynamic content when the cacheable information is given to the dynamic content provided from the server. The cacheable information is given to dynamic content that is highly available so that the same request is repeatedly made from the client to the server.

JP 2009-76093 A

  Some dynamic contents are generated based on a session ID issued by a server in order to establish communication with a client. Since the session ID is information for identifying the client, the same dynamic content generated based on the session ID is not generated by a request from another client. Therefore, the dynamic content generated based on the session ID is not cached in the relay device if the same request has not been made in the past, and in order to acquire the dynamic content, the client Must communicate with each other.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when content generated based on identification information for identifying a request source is requested from the client, the time until the content is provided to the client. It aims at shortening.

The relay device according to the present invention is
A relay device that relays communication between a client and a server,
Acquisition means for acquiring request source identification information for identifying a request source that has requested the first content;
Request transmission means for transmitting to the server a request including the request source identification information acquired by the acquisition means and an acquisition destination of second content to be acquired next to the first content;
Content acquisition means for acquiring, from the server, the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
The second content acquired by the content acquisition unit when the request transmitted by the request transmission unit is received from the client with a request in which the acquisition destination of the second content and the request source identification information match. Content transmitting means for transmitting to the client,
It is characterized by that.

  In addition, the relay device includes a content storage unit that stores the acquisition destination of the second content and the request source identification information in association with the second content acquired by the content acquisition unit, and the content transmission unit Is the second content acquisition destination and the request source when the second content acquisition destination and the request source identification information included in the request received from the client are stored in the content storage means. The second content associated with the identification information may be read from the content storage unit, and the read second content may be transmitted to the client.

  In addition, the relay device includes an acquisition destination information storage unit that stores the acquisition destination of the first content and the acquisition destination of the second content in association with each other, and the acquisition unit receives the acquisition from the client or the server. The acquisition destination of the first content is acquired, and the request transmission unit stores the acquisition destination of the second content associated with the acquisition destination of the first content acquired by the acquisition unit. The request may be read from the means, and a request including the acquisition destination of the read second content and the request source identification information may be transmitted to the server.

  The acquisition unit acquires the acquisition destination of the second content from the server, and the request transmission unit includes the acquisition destination of the second content acquired by the acquisition unit and the request source identification information. A request may be sent to the server.

The relay method according to the present invention is:
A relay method for relaying communication between a client and a server,
A request transmission step of transmitting to the server a request including request source identification information for identifying a request source requesting the first content and an acquisition destination of the second content to be acquired next to the first content;
A content acquisition step of acquiring from the server the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
A content transmission step of transmitting the second content acquired in the content acquisition step to the client when a request substantially the same as the request transmitted in the request transmission step is received from the client. ,
It is characterized by that.

The program according to the present invention is:
A program that relays communication between a client and a server,
Computer
Request transmitting means for transmitting to the server a request including request source identification information for identifying a request source that has requested the first content and an acquisition destination of the second content to be acquired next to the first content;
Content acquisition means for acquiring from the server the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
When receiving from the client a request that is substantially the same as the request transmitted by the request transmission unit, the content transmission unit functions as a content transmission unit that transmits the second content acquired by the content acquisition unit to the client. ,
It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, when content generated based on identification information for identifying a request source is requested from a client, the time until the content is provided to the client can be shortened.

It is the figure which showed the structure of the system provided with the relay apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the structure of the relay apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the structure of acquisition destination information. (A) is the figure which showed the structure of the content table before storing the dynamic content of prefetch object. (B) is a diagram showing a configuration of a content table after storing dynamic content to be prefetched. It is the figure which showed an example of the flow of the communication performed between a client, a relay apparatus, and a server. It is the flowchart which showed the relay control processing which a relay apparatus performs.

  Hereinafter, a relay device, a relay method, and a program according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, relay device 10 according to the present embodiment is arranged between clients C1, C2... And servers S1, S2. The relay device 10 is composed of, for example, a load distribution device (load balancer), a proxy server, and the like. The relay device 10 performs HTTP communication (hereinafter referred to as communication) with the client C via the network N1, and communicates with the server S via the network N2. The networks N1 and N2 are, for example, the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network). In the following description, when the clients C1, C2,... Are not distinguished from each other, they are collectively referred to as clients C, and when the servers S1, S2,.

  The relay device 10 relays communication performed between the client C and the server S. Specifically, the relay device 10 receives an HTTP request (hereinafter, referred to as a request) representing a request from the client C from the client C, and transmits (relays) the received request to the server S. Further, the relay device 10 receives an HTTP response (hereinafter referred to as a response) representing the response of the server S from the server S, and transmits (relays) the received request to the client C.

  Further, the relay device 10 acquires from the server S the session ID issued when the authentication of the client C is normally performed in the server S. The session ID is identification information for specifying a session with the client C, and the client C is identified by the session ID.

  In addition, when the dynamic content is requested from the client C, the relay device 10 acquires the requested dynamic content from the server S, and also prefetches the dynamic content to be acquired next from the server S (prefetching). ) Function. Dynamic content to be prefetched is targeted for highly available content. Specifically, when the server S operates a portal site, a plurality of pages such as e-mail, auction, schedule, and weather forecast can be used from the top page (index.html) of the site. A frequently used content (page) is targeted, and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) representing the acquisition destination is set. For example, each server S learns the next required content acquisition destination for each content acquisition destination (URL) by its own learning function, and reaches a certain order in which the number of requests is large. Set the content acquisition destination as the prefetch target. The administrator of the relay apparatus 10 sets information (acquisition destination information) that is a pair of a content acquisition destination (URL) and a content acquisition destination requested next, which is set by the learning function of each server S. Obtained by downloading from each server S and setting it in the relay device 10.

  The dynamic content is generated based on the URL indicating the acquisition destination and the session ID. The dynamic content is unique to the client. For example, even if a request in which the same acquisition destination is specified is transmitted from the clients C1 and C2, the session ID is different, so that the dynamic content is provided to the clients C1 and C2. Each dynamic content is different.

  The client C is composed of a PC (personal computer). The client C generates a request according to a user operation, and transmits the generated request to the relay device 10. Further, the client C receives a response from the relay device 10 and outputs dynamic content such as an HTML file or an image file included in the response.

  The server S is composed of a web server. The server S receives a request from the relay device 10. The server S generates a response based on the received request, and transmits the generated response to the relay device 10. In addition, the server S performs authentication processing based on authentication information (user ID, password, etc.) included in the request received from the relay device 10, and issues the above-described session ID when the user is successfully authenticated. .

  Next, the configuration of the relay device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The relay device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13.

  The communication unit 13 includes a communication interface device such as a network adapter. The communication unit 13 communicates with the client C connected via the network N1 under the control of the control unit 11. The communication unit 13 communicates with the server S connected via the network N2 according to the control of the control unit 11. The connection between the communication unit 13 and the networks N1 and N2 may be either wired or wireless.

  The storage unit 12 includes a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a read only memory (ROM), and a flash memory. The storage unit 12 stores various programs and data used by the control unit 11 to perform various processes, and various data generated or acquired by the control unit 11 performing various processes.

  Further, the storage unit 12 characteristically stores a relay control program 12a, acquisition destination information 12b, and a content table 12c. The content storage unit and the acquisition destination information storage unit according to the present invention are realized by the function of the storage unit 12.

  The relay control program 12 a is a control program for controlling communication performed between the client C and the server S, and is executed by the control unit 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the acquisition destination information 12b represents the correspondence between the acquisition destination (URL) of the dynamic content and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content (prefetch target) to be acquired next. As described above, the acquisition destination of the dynamic content to be prefetched is highly available.

  The content table 12c stores the session ID, the acquisition destination (URL) of the dynamic content to be prefetched, and the prefetched dynamic content. The relay device 10 generates a request including the session ID and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content to be prefetched, and transmits this request to the server S. At this time, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the relay device 10 stores the session ID included in the request and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content in the content table 12c. The session ID and the dynamic content acquisition destination stored in the content table 12c are used to determine whether or not the response received from the server S is a response to the prefetch target request. Specifically, when the response received from the server S includes a response that matches the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the acquisition source of the dynamic content, the relay device 10 determines that the response is a prefetch target. It is determined that it is a response to the request. On the other hand, if the response received from the server S does not include a response that matches the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the acquisition source of the dynamic content, the relay device 10 responds to the prefetch target request. It is determined that it is not. When the relay device 10 determines that the response received from the server S is a response to the request to be prefetched, as shown in FIG. 4B, the session ID and the dynamic content of the content matching the response in the content table 12c. The acquisition destination is stored in the content table 12c in association with the dynamic content included in the response. Further, when the request received from the client C includes a request that matches the acquisition destination and the session ID of the dynamic content stored in the content table 12c, the relay device 10 corresponds to the acquisition destination and the session ID. The attached dynamic content is read from the content table 12c, and the read dynamic content is transmitted to the client C.

  The control unit 11 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory) that functions as a main memory of the CPU, and the like. Note that the control unit 11 may be partially configured by a dedicated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The control unit 11 controls the entire relay device 10.

  Moreover, the control part 11 functions as the acquisition part 11a, the request transmission part 11b, the content acquisition part 11c, and the content transmission part 11d by executing the relay control program 12a memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12, By each function. A relay control process described later is performed. The acquisition unit according to the present invention is realized by the function of the acquisition unit 11a, the request transmission unit according to the present invention is realized by the function of the request transmission unit 11b, and the content acquisition unit according to the present invention is realized by the function of the content acquisition unit 11c. The content transmission unit according to the present invention is realized by the function of the content transmission unit 11d.

  The relay apparatus 10 configured as described above performs a process of prefetching dynamic content generated based on the session ID and the dynamic content acquisition destination (URL). Further, when the dynamic content requested from the client C has been prefetched, the relay device 10 performs processing for transmitting the prefetched dynamic content to the client C without performing communication with the server S.

  Next, a flow of communication performed by the relay device 10 between the client C and the server S will be described with reference to FIG.

  The client C is connected to one server S (for example, server S1) via the relay device 10, and displays a login screen (login.html) provided from the server S. When the user of the client C performs an operation of inputting his / her authentication information (user ID, password) while the login screen is displayed, the client C acquires the authentication information and dynamic content acquisition destination “URL1”. Is transmitted to the relay apparatus 10 (step CS1).

  The relay device 10 receives the request transmitted from the client C (step S101), and when the session ID is not included in the request, the relay device 10 relays the received request to the server S (step S102).

  When the server S receives the request transmitted from the relay device 10 (step SS1), the server S performs user authentication with reference to the authentication information included in the request and the authentication information stored in itself. The server S issues a session ID “AAA” when the user authentication is successful. In addition, the server S executes a program for generating dynamic content such as a servlet or JSP (Java (registered trademark) Server Pages) with parameters indicating the acquisition destination “URL1” and the session ID “AAA” of the dynamic content. Then, the dynamic content “X1” is generated. Dynamic Content "X1" is, for example, an HTML file that represents the top page screen of the web server (index.html) (index.html), specifically "Hello, ○○-san" as, the client C Contains a message to the user to use. Further, the server S sets the issued session ID “AAA” in a header called “Set-Cookie”, and transmits a response including the generated dynamic content “X1” to the relay device 10 (step SS2).

  When the relay device 10 receives the response transmitted from the server S (step S103), the relay device 10 relays the received response to the client C (step S104). Thereby, the client C receives the response transmitted from the relay device 10 (step CS2), and stores the session ID “AAA” included in the response in the cookie of the browser. By storing the session ID “AAA” in the cookie, the client C can communicate with the server S without transmitting the request transmitted in step CS1 in the subsequent processing (without performing authentication).

  In addition, the relay device 10 acquires the acquisition destinations “URL2”, “URL3” of the dynamic content (prefetch target) to be acquired next to the dynamic content “X1” from the acquisition destination information 12b stored in the storage unit 12. And “URL4” are extracted, and as shown in FIG. 4A, the session ID “AAA” included in the response is associated with each of the acquisition destinations “URL2”, “URL3”, and “URL4”. Store in table 12c. Further, the relay device 10 includes a request including the acquisition destination “URL2” and the session ID “AAA”, a request including the acquisition destination “URL3” and the session ID “AAA”, an acquisition destination “URL4”, and a session ID “AAA”. Requests are generated and transmitted to the server S (step S105).

  When the server S receives each request transmitted from the relay device 10 (step SS3), the server S generates dynamic contents “X2”, “X3”, and “X4” based on each request. Specifically, the server S generates the dynamic content “X2” by executing a program for generating the dynamic content with each parameter representing the acquisition destination “URL2” and the session ID “AAA”. Further, the server S generates the dynamic content “X3” by executing a program for generating the dynamic content with each parameter representing the acquisition destination “URL3” and the session ID “AAA”. Further, the server S generates the dynamic content “X4” by executing a program for generating the dynamic content with each parameter representing the acquisition destination “URL4” and the session ID “AAA”. The dynamic contents “X2”, “X3”, and “X4” are HTML files representing screens such as e-mail, auction, and schedule that can be acquired next to the top page, for example. The server S generates a response including the acquisition destination and session ID included in each request and the generated dynamic content, and transmits this response to the relay device 10 (step SS4). Specifically, the server S sends a response including the acquisition destination “URL2”, the session ID “AAA”, and the dynamic content “X2”, the acquisition destination “URL3”, the session ID “AAA”, and the dynamic content “X3”. And a response including the acquisition destination “URL4”, the session ID “AAA”, and the dynamic content “X4” are generated and transmitted to the relay apparatus 10.

  When the relay device 10 receives each response from the server S (step S106), the relay device 10 refers to the content table 12c and determines whether the received response is a response to the request to be prefetched. Whether or not the response is a response to the prefetch target request is determined based on whether or not the response includes the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the dynamic content acquisition destination. For example, each response described above includes a session ID and a dynamic content acquisition destination stored in the content table 12c (acquisition destination “URL2” and session ID “AAA”, acquisition destination “URL3”, and session ID). “AAA”, acquisition destination “URL4”, and session ID “AAA”). In this case, the relay device 10 determines that the received response is a response to the prefetch target request, and acquires a session ID and dynamic content that match the response in the content table 12c as illustrated in FIG. 4B. The destination is stored in the content table 12c in association with the dynamic content (“X2”, “X3”, “X4”) included in the response (step S9). As a result, the dynamic contents “X2”, “X3”, and “X4” to be acquired next to the dynamic content “X1” are prefetched.

  After that, when the dynamic content “X1” (top page screen) is displayed on the client C and the user using the client C performs an operation to display the mail page, the client C acquires the acquisition destination. A request including “URL2” and the session ID “AAA” stored in the cookie of the browser is generated and transmitted to the relay apparatus 10 (step CS3).

  When receiving the request from the client C (step S107), the relay device 10 refers to the content table 12c and determines whether the request is a request to be prefetched. It is determined whether or not the request is a prefetch target request based on whether or not the request includes a session ID stored in the content table 12c and that matches the acquisition destination of the dynamic content. For example, the above-described request includes a session ID stored in the content table 12c and a request that matches the acquisition destination of the dynamic content (acquisition destination “URL2” and session ID “AAA”). In this case, the relay device 10 determines that the request is a request to be prefetched, and reads the dynamic content “X2” associated with the acquisition destination “URL2” and the session ID “AAA” from the content table 12c. . The relay device 10 generates a response including the acquisition destination “URL2” and session ID “AAA” included in the request and the read dynamic content “X2”, and transmits this response to the client C (step S108). . That is, in this case, the relay device 10 provides the client C with the prefetched dynamic content “X2” without relaying the request to the server S. The client C receives the response transmitted from the relay device 10 (step CS4), and acquires the dynamic content “X2” (for example, a mail page screen) requested by the user.

  Further, when the prefetched dynamic content “X2” is transmitted to the client C, the relay apparatus 10 acquires the dynamic content (prefetch target) acquisition destination “URL5” to be acquired next to the dynamic content “X2”. And “URL6” are extracted, and the session ID “AAA” is stored in the content table 12c in association with each of the acquisition destinations “URL5” and “URL6”. Similarly to step S105, the relay device 10 generates a request including the acquisition destination “URL5” and the session ID “AAA”, and a request including the acquisition destination “URL6” and the session ID “AAA”. By transmitting to S, processing for further prefetching the next dynamic content is performed (step S109).

  Upon receipt of each request transmitted from the relay device 10 (step SS5), the server S generates dynamic contents “X5” and “X6” based on each request and obtains the acquisition destination “ A response including URL 5 ”, session ID“ AAA ”, and dynamic content“ X5 ”, and a response including acquisition destination“ URL 6 ”, session ID“ AAA ”, and dynamic content“ X6 ”are generated. It transmits to the relay apparatus 10 (step SS6).

  The relay apparatus 10 receives each response from the server S (step S110), determines that the response is a response to the prefetch target request, and determines that the response is a response to the prefetch target request, as in step S106. In this case, the session ID that matches the response in the content table 12c and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content are stored in the content table 12c in association with the dynamic content (“X5”, “X6”) included in the response. . In this way, when the prefetched dynamic content “X2” is transmitted to the client C, the dynamic content “X5” and “X6” that can be acquired next are further prefetched.

  On the other hand, when the request transmitted from the client C to the relay apparatus 10 includes the acquisition destination “URL11” and the session ID “AAA” that are not stored in the content table 12c (steps CS5 and S111), the relay apparatus 10 Determines that the request is not a prefetch target request. In this case, the relay device 10 relays the request including the acquisition destination “URL11” and the session ID “AAA” received from the client C to the server S (step S112). When the server S receives the request transmitted from the relay device 10 (step SS7), the server S generates the dynamic content “X11” based on the request. The server S generates a response including the acquisition destination “URL11” and session ID “AAA” included in the request and the generated dynamic content “X11”, and transmits this response to the relay device 10 (step SS8). . When the response received from the server S does not include a response that matches the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the acquisition source of the dynamic content (step S113), the relay device 10 determines that the response is a prefetch target. It is determined that the response is not a response to the request, and the response received from the server S is relayed to the client C (step S114). That is, in this case, the response received from the server S is directly relayed to the client C, and the dynamic content “X11” included in the response is not stored in the content table 12c. The client C receives the response transmitted from the relay device 10 (step CS6), and acquires the dynamic content “X11” requested by the user.

  In this way, the relay device 10 prefetches the dynamic content generated based on the session ID and the acquisition destination (URL) of the dynamic content, and when the prefetched dynamic content is requested from the client C. Transmits the dynamic content to the client C.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, a relay control process executed by the relay device 10 that performs the above-described operation will be described. When power is supplied to the relay device 10, the control unit 11 reads and executes the relay control program 12 a stored in the storage unit 12. Thereby, the control part 11 functions as the acquisition part 11a, the request transmission part 11b, the content acquisition part 11c, and the content transmission part 11d.

  The acquisition unit 11a determines whether or not a request has been received from the client C (step S1). If it is determined that no request has been received from the client C (step S1; NO), the response is received from the server S. It is determined whether or not it has been received (step S2). If it is determined that no response has been received from the server S (step S2; NO), the process returns to step S1. That is, the acquisition unit 11a maintains a standby state when neither a request nor a response is received.

  If the acquisition unit 11a determines that the request has been received from the client C (step S1; YES), does the request include an item that matches the session ID and the dynamic content acquisition source stored in the content table 12c? Whether or not the request is a request to be prefetched is determined based on whether or not (step S3). For example, as in step S101 and step S111 illustrated in FIG. 5, if the request does not include an item that matches the session ID and the dynamic content acquisition source stored in the content table 12c, the acquisition unit 11a performs prefetching. It is determined that the request is not a target request (step S3; NO). In this case, the request transmission unit 11b transmits the received request to the server S (step S7), and then waits for a response from the server S.

  On the other hand, as in step S107 shown in FIG. 5, the request includes the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the dynamic content acquisition destination (acquisition destination “URL2” and session ID “AAA”). When the content is transmitted, the content transmission unit 11d reads the dynamic content (dynamic content “X2”) associated with the acquisition destination and the session ID from the content table 12c. The content transmitting unit 11d generates a response including the acquisition destination “URL2” and session ID “AAA” included in the request and the read dynamic content “X2”, and transmits this response to the client C (step S4). ).

  After the content transmission unit 11d transmits a response in step S5, the request transmission unit 11b refers to the acquisition destination information 12b and determines whether there is a next acquisition destination (step S5). For example, in the acquisition destination information 12b, the acquisition destination of the dynamic content (prefetch target) to be acquired next to the acquisition destination “URL2” of the dynamic content is “URL5” and “URL6”. Therefore, in this case, the request transmission unit 11b determines that there is a next acquisition destination (step S5; YES), and transmits a prefetch target request to the server S (step S6). Thereafter, the request transmission unit 11b waits for a response from the server S. On the other hand, when determining that there is no next acquisition destination (step S5; NO), the request transmission unit 11b returns to step S1 and waits for a request from the client C.

  If it is determined in step S2 that the acquisition unit 11a has received a response from the server S (step S2; YES), the content acquisition unit 11c determines whether or not the response is a response to a prefetch target request ( Step S8). For example, as in step S106 or S110 illustrated in FIG. 5, when the response includes the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the dynamic content acquisition destination, the content acquisition unit 11c It is determined that the response is a response to the prefetch target request (step S8; YES). In this case, the content acquisition unit 11c stores, in the content table 12c, the session ID that matches the response in the content table 12c and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content in association with the dynamic content included in the response (step S9). ).

  On the other hand, if the response does not include the session ID and the dynamic content acquisition destination stored in the content table 12c, as in step S103 or S113 shown in FIG. It is determined that the response is not a response to the prefetch target request (step S8; NO). In this case, the content transmission unit 11d transmits the received response to the client C (step S10).

Further, the request transmission unit 11b determines whether or not the dynamic content can be prefetched based on the response received from the server S (step S12). For example, as shown in step S103 of FIG. 5, the response received from the server S includes the session ID “AAA” and is associated with the dynamic content acquisition destination “URL1” included in the response. When there is an acquisition destination (“URL2”, “URL3”, and “URL4”) of the dynamic content to be acquired, the request transmission unit 11b determines that the dynamic content can be prefetched (step S11; YES). In this case, as shown in step S105 of FIG. 5, the request transmission unit 11b requests the server S for dynamic content to be prefetched (step S12). Thereafter, the request transmission unit 11b waits for a response from the server S. On the other hand, if the session ID is not included in the response received from the server S, or the dynamic content to be acquired next associated with the acquisition source of the dynamic content included in the response in the acquisition source information 12b. If there is no acquisition destination, the request transmission unit 11b determines that the dynamic content cannot be prefetched (step S11; NO), returns to step S1, and waits for a request from the client C.
Thus, a series of relay control processing executed by the relay device 10 ends.

  As described above, the relay device 10 according to the present embodiment determines the session ID issued in the server S and the acquisition destination of the dynamic content to be acquired next to the dynamic content requested from the client C. The request including the request is transmitted to the server S, and the dynamic content generated by the server S according to the request is prefetched and stored before the client C requests it. When the relay device 10 receives a request for stored dynamic content, the relay device 10 transmits the stored dynamic content to the client without relaying the request to the server S. Thereby, when the dynamic content generated based on the session ID is requested, it is possible to shorten the time until the dynamic content is provided to the client.

  In the above embodiment, whether the request received from the client C is a request to be prefetched includes a request that matches the session ID stored in the content table 12c and the acquisition source of the dynamic content. In the example described above, the request received from the client C and the request to be prefetched transmitted to the server S are substantially the same, and the request received from the client C is prefetched. It may be determined whether or not the request is. Note that “substantially the same” as used herein means that the session ID and dynamic content included in the request received from the client C and the session ID and dynamic content included in the prefetch target request transmitted to the server S are included. This means that the acquisition destination of the target content only needs to match, and other information may be different.

  Further, when the content transmission unit 11d requests dynamic content prefetched from the client C, the request transmission unit 11b transmits to the server S a request including a dynamic content acquisition destination that can be acquired next. However, it is not necessary to wait for a request from the client C. For example, when the request transmission unit 11b receives a response including dynamic content to be prefetched from the server S, the request transmission unit 11b transmits a request for requesting the next dynamic content, and transmits all requests indicated by the acquisition source information 12b. Dynamic content corresponding to the acquisition destination may be acquired sequentially.

  In addition, when the prefetched dynamic content is sequentially updated such as e-mail, weather forecast, etc., the request transmission unit 11b transmits the same request to the server S again to newly Dynamic content may be acquired.

  When the storage capacity of the content table 12c is equal to or less than a certain value, entries including dynamic content that has not been requested for a certain period of time or entries that have an old storage date and time are deleted, and are subject to prefetching. New dynamic content may be stored in the content table 12c.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the relay apparatus 10 acquired the acquisition destination information 12b in advance from each server S and provided this in the memory | storage part 12, the log was analyzed by its own learning function. For each content acquisition destination (URL), the acquisition destination of the next requested content is learned, and the acquisition destination of the content up to a certain order with a large number of requests is set as a prefetch target. The destination information 12b may be generated and stored. In this case, the acquisition source information 12b may be automatically updated.

  Further, the acquisition destination of the prefetch target may be included in a response generated in the server S. In this case, the acquisition destination information 12b is stored in the server S and not stored in the relay device 10. Specifically, when the server S receives the request transmitted from the relay device 10, the server S is based on the dynamic content acquisition destination (for example, “URL2”) and the session ID (for example, “AAA”) included in the request. In addition to generating dynamic content (for example, “X2”), the acquisition destination information 12b is referred to, and the acquisition destinations (“URL5” and “URL6”) to be prefetched associated with the acquisition destination included in the request are determined. read out. The server S generates a response including the dynamic content “X2”, the session ID “AAA”, and the acquisition destinations “URL5” and “URL6” to be prefetched, and transmits this response to the relay apparatus 10. As a result, the relay apparatus 10 extracts the acquisition destinations “URL5” and “URL6” to be prefetched from the response received from the server S, the request including the acquisition destination “URL5” and the session ID “AAA”, and the acquisition destination “ A request including URL 6 ”and session ID“ AAA ”is generated and transmitted to the server S, so that processing for prefetching dynamic content is performed by the acquisition destination of the prefetch target acquired from the server S. Can do.

  In the above-described embodiment, the dynamic content has been described based on an example that is generated based on the session ID issued by the server S. However, the dynamic content may be generated based on information that can identify the request source. That's fine. As information that can identify the request source other than the session ID, for example, an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session ID, an IP (Internet Protocol) address of the client C, a MAC (Media Access Control) address, a port number, and the client C are used. There is user authentication information (user ID, password) and the like.

  The relay device according to the present invention can be realized by a general PC (personal computer) or the like. In this case, a program for executing the operation described in the above embodiment is installed in a PC or the like, and the program or the like is executed by the PC or the like, thereby functioning as a relay device according to the present invention. Such a program is recorded on a portable recording medium or the like and distributed. Examples of portable recording media include CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM, and MO.

  A method for providing a program to a PC or the like is arbitrary. For example, the program may be uploaded to a bulletin board (BBS) on a communication line and distributed to a PC or the like via the communication line. The program may be transmitted by a modulated wave obtained by modulating a carrier wave with a signal representing the program, and a device that receives the modulated wave may demodulate the modulated wave to restore the program. Then, the PC or the like activates this program and executes it like other applications under the control of the OS. Thereby, PC etc. function as a relay device concerning the present invention.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited by the description of the above-described embodiment and the drawings, and appropriate modifications and the like can be added to the above-described embodiment and the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Relay apparatus 11 Control part 11a Acquisition part 11b Request transmission part 11c Content acquisition part 11d Content transmission part 12 Storage part 12a Relay control program 12b Acquisition destination information 12c Content table 13 Communication part S (S1, S2) Server C (C1, C2 Client N network

Claims (6)

A relay device that relays communication between a client and a server,
Acquisition means for acquiring request source identification information for identifying a request source that has requested the first content;
Request transmission means for transmitting to the server a request including the request source identification information acquired by the acquisition means and an acquisition destination of second content to be acquired next to the first content;
Content acquisition means for acquiring, from the server, the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
The second content acquired by the content acquisition unit when the request transmitted by the request transmission unit is received from the client with a request in which the acquisition destination of the second content and the request source identification information match. Content transmitting means for transmitting to the client,
A relay device characterized by that. Content storage means for storing the second content acquisition destination and the request source identification information in association with the second content acquired by the content acquisition means;
The content transmission unit acquires the second content when the acquisition destination of the second content and the request source identification information included in the request received from the client are stored in the content storage unit. Reading the second content associated with the destination and requester identification information from the content storage means, and transmitting the read second content to the client;
The relay apparatus according to claim 1. An acquisition destination information storage unit that stores the acquisition destination of the first content and the acquisition destination of the second content in association with each other;
The acquisition means acquires the acquisition destination of the first content from the client or the server,
The request transmission unit reads the acquisition destination of the second content associated with the acquisition destination of the first content acquired by the acquisition unit from the acquisition destination information storage unit, and reads the second content read A request including the acquisition destination and the request source identification information is transmitted to the server.
The relay apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The acquisition unit acquires an acquisition destination of the second content from the server,
The request transmission unit transmits a request including the acquisition destination of the second content acquired by the acquisition unit and the request source identification information to the server.
The relay apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that A relay method for relaying communication between a client and a server,
A request transmission step of transmitting to the server a request including request source identification information for identifying a request source requesting the first content and an acquisition destination of the second content to be acquired next to the first content;
A content acquisition step of acquiring from the server the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
A content transmission step of transmitting the second content acquired in the content acquisition step to the client when a request substantially the same as the request transmitted in the request transmission step is received from the client. ,
A relay method characterized by the above. A program that relays communication between a client and a server,
Computer
Request transmitting means for transmitting to the server a request including request source identification information for identifying a request source that has requested the first content and an acquisition destination of the second content to be acquired next to the first content;
Content acquisition means for acquiring from the server the second content generated by the server based on the acquisition destination of the second content included in the request and the request source identification information;
When receiving from the client a request that is substantially the same as the request transmitted by the request transmission unit, the content transmission unit functions as a content transmission unit that transmits the second content acquired by the content acquisition unit to the client. ,
A program characterized by that.

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