Apparatus and Method for Tying Together an HTTP Request and Multimedia in a Database

摘要

Apparatus and method are provided for tying together an HTTP request to a function in the database which returns media data. The invention provides for receiving an HTTP request for data from a web client, wherein the HTTP request includes a URL and dynamic values specific to the web client. The URL can be parsed to determine the resource path and parameters, if any exist. Many databases have functions, also referred to as logical elements, built into the database that can be called to retrieve data. The database function specified in the URL is called using the specified parameters, if any exist, and using the dynamic values from the client. The results can be streamed to the user.