Document generation based on referral

摘要

A document machine may detect a request for provision of a document while that document is available for provisioning. The document machine may update a count of referrals to the document and, based on the count of referrals transgressing a threshold value, generate a substitute document based on the original document. This substitute document may then be provided in response to further requests for the original document after the original document is no longer available for provision. The updating of the count of referrals is based on the identifier of a network that referred a request detected while the first document was still available for provision. The document machine may then provide the substitute document in lieu of the original document in response to a further request for provision of the first document.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by operation of a document machine, detecting a request for provision of a first document that is available for provision only during a period of time, the request being detected while the first document is available for provision and including an identifier of a network that referred the request; by operation of the document machine, updating a count of referrals of requests from a set of networks for provision of the first document that is available for provision only during the period of time, the updating of the count being based on the identifier of the network that referred the request detected while the first document was available for provision; by operation of the document machine, generating a second document based on the first document that is available for provision only during the period of time, the second document being a substitute for the first document subsequent to expiration of the period of time only during which the first document is available for provision, the generating of the second document being responsive to the updated count of referrals transgressing a predetermined threshold value for the set of networks, the generating of the second document being performed by a processor of a machine; and by operation of the document machine, providing the second document in lieu of the first document in response to a further request for provision of the first document subsequent to expiration of the period of time, the further request being detected subsequent to the expiration of the period of time.