Method of optimizing the interaction between a software application and a database server or other kind of remote data source

Abstract

The invention is a method of optimizing the interaction between (i) a client, being an application such as database software, implemented on a computing device, and (ii) database server software implemented on a computing device. Query data is routed from the client to the database server software through an optimisation system implemented on a computing device and then response data provided by the database server software is routed to the optimisation system. The optimisation system analyses that (or later) query data and, based on that analysis, applies rules to response data provided by the database server software, in order to generate optimised response data to thereby speed up the interaction between the client and the database server software.

1 . Method of optimizing the interaction between (i) a client, being an application such as database software, implemented on a computing device, and (ii) database server software implemented on a computing device, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) routing query data from the client to the database server software through an optimisation system implemented on a computing device and then routing response data provided by the database server software to the optimisation system;   (b) the optimisation system analysing query data and, based on that analysis, applying rules to response data provided by the database server software, in order to generate optimised response data to thereby speed up the interaction between the client and the database server software.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  in which the optimisation system analyses the query data and, based on that analysis, applies rules to the query data, after the content of that query data has been generated by the client to generate optimised query data. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  in which the optimisation system analyses the query data and, based on that analysis, applies rules to response data, after the content of that response data has been generated by the server software to generate optimised response data.