PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED WEB PAGE BY ACCESSING DIFFERENT SERVERS

摘要

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for providing a personalized Web page to a user at a user terminal (518A-518N), the personalized Web page comprising content components derived from a plurality of distinct, separately accessible component servers (502-508). One implementation includes receiving a request for the personalized Web page, the request comprising an identity of the user and specifying first and second content components to be included in the personalized Web page; after receiving the request, issuing a first information request to a first of the component servers (502-508), the first information request identifying the first content component; after issuing the first information request and prior to receiving a response thereto, issuing a second information request to a second content component; forming the personalized Web page from responses to the first and second information requests; and transmitting the personalized Web page to the user.