HTTP Reply Flow Bulk Message Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current HTTP request-response communications are inefficient due to the need for continuous authentication and validation of client credentials, leading to significant system resource consumption, especially during large file transfers or prolonged request processing, where each request must include authentication information and the server must process it repeatedly.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves keeping the HTTP reply flow open to send multiple portions of an HTTP response as they become available, without requiring multiple requests, allowing the client to receive and process parts of the response without re-sending authentication information for each portion, thus conserving system resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple HTTP requests are sent to transfer large files or receive prolonged processing results, then the client can receive data in portions, but the server must repeatedly validate authentication credentials, consuming significant system resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the HTTP response into multiple portions or chunks that can be transmitted separately over the same connection. The server divides the complete response data into manageable segments, sending them sequentially without requiring the client to initiate new requests for each portion, thereby avoiding repeated authentication overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication and connection establishment are performed preliminarily before the data transfer begins. Once the client is authenticated and the HTTP connection is established, the connection remains open for the duration of the data transfer, allowing multiple response portions to be sent without requiring re-authentication for each transmission.
2Ease of operation
If the HTTP connection is closed after each response portion, then the protocol remains stateless and simple, but authentication must be repeated for each new request
Solution Approach 1:
The HTTP connection is maintained continuously open throughout the data transfer process, allowing the server to send multiple response portions without interruption. This continuous connection eliminates the need to repeatedly perform authentication handshakes, reducing both time and system resource consumption while maintaining protocol simplicity.
3Reliability
If authentication credentials are included with each HTTP request, then security is maintained for each transaction, but the overhead of processing credentials repeatedly consumes valuable system resources
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication is performed preliminarily in the initial HTTP request, establishing a secure connection before the data transfer begins. The server validates the client's credentials once at the start of the connection, and this authentication state is maintained for the duration of the session, allowing subsequent response portions to be transmitted without repeated validation overhead.
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AI summary
Example embodiments provide for keeping an HTTP reply flow for a communication open such that portions of an overall response corresponding to a single request may be sent across the HTTP reply flow. As the various portions of the overall response become available at a corresponding service endpoint, the service appropriately encapsulates the messages and sends them to the requesting endpoint. The recipient or requesting endpoint of the response is then capable of reading the available portions of the response and appropriately decodes the embedded portions and is free to process these as appropriate. Accordingly, because only one request is made for several portions of a response valuable system resource are reserved for only requiring one authentication and/or validation of a requesting endpoint.