diff --git a/JsonRpc2/Controller.php b/JsonRpc2/Controller.php
index 0227acb..c158834 100644
--- a/JsonRpc2/Controller.php
+++ b/JsonRpc2/Controller.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function runAction($id, $params = [])
             $resultData = [Helper::formatResponse(null, new Exception("Invalid Request", Exception::INVALID_REQUEST))];
         } else {
             foreach ($requests as $request) {
-                if($response = $this->getActionResponse($request))
+                if($response = $this->getActionResponse($request, $id))
                     $resultData[] = $response;
             }
         }
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ public function runAction($id, $params = [])
      * @throws \yii\web\HttpException
      * @return Response
      */
-    private function getActionResponse($requestObject)
+    private function getActionResponse($requestObject, $id)
     {
         $this->requestObject = $result = $error = null;
         try {
-            $this->parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject);
+            $this->parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject, $id);
             ob_start();
             $dirtyResult = parent::runAction($this->requestObject->method);
             ob_clean();
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public function bindActionParams($action, $params)
      * Request has to be sent as POST and with Content-type: application/json
      * @throws \yii\web\HttpException
      */
-    private function initRequest($id)
+    protected function initRequest($id)
     {
         list($contentType) = explode(";", Yii::$app->request->getContentType()); //cut charset
         if (!empty($id) || !Yii::$app->request->getIsPost() || empty($contentType) || $contentType != "application/json")
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ private function initRequest($id)
      * @param $requestObject string
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    private function parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject)
+    protected function parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject, $id)
     {
         if (null === $requestObject)
             throw new Exception("Parse error", Exception::PARSE_ERROR);
diff --git a/JsonRpc2/LightMethodProtocolTrait.php b/JsonRpc2/LightMethodProtocolTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b9c20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JsonRpc2/LightMethodProtocolTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace JsonRpc2;
+
+/**
+ * Adds support in a [[Controller]] for a "light" method protocol that allows
+ * clients to encode the method name in the URL instead of in the "method"
+ * parameter of the request object.
+ * 
+ * One advantage of the light method format is that web server access logs will
+ * contain the method invoked, because it is in the URL. The standard "heavy"
+ * format will not, because the method is inside the POST data.
+ * 
+ * Without the LightMethodProtocol, a client would post to
+ * ```
+ * http://yoursite/services
+ * ```
+ * with data
+ * ```javascript
+ * {
+ *     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+ *     "id": 1,
+ *     "method": "update",
+ *     "params": ["world"]
+ * }
+ * ```
+ * 
+ * However, with the LightMethodProtocol, a client could instead post to
+ * ```
+ * http://yoursite/services/update
+ * ```
+ * with data
+ * ```javascript
+ * {
+ *     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+ *     "id": 1,
+ *     "params": ["world"]
+ * }
+ * ```
+ * 
+ * The method may be specified both in the URL and in the request object
+ * provided that they match.  If the method is specified in both places, an
+ * error is thrown if they do not match.
+ * 
+ * @author Tyler Ham <tyler@thamtech.com>
+ */
+trait LightMethodProtocolTrait
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    protected function initRequest($id)
+    {
+        // parent will throw an exception if $id is non-empty, but we want to
+        // allow a non-empty $id in Light-mode
+        parent::initRequest('');
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    protected function parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject, $id)
+    {
+        if ($requestObject !== null)
+        {
+            // if method is specified both in the URL and in the $id, and
+            // they do not match, we throw an error
+            if (!empty($requestObject->method) && !empty($id) && $requestObject->method != $id)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Invalid Request - method mismatch", Exception::INVALID_REQUEST);
+            }
+            
+            // if the $requestObject method is not specified or isn't a string,
+            // use the $id from the URL instead
+            if ((empty($requestObject->method) || "string" != gettype($requestObject->method)) && !empty($id))
+            {
+                $requestObject->method = $id;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        parent::parseAndValidateRequestObject($requestObject, '');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f9ae88..4112aa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,56 @@ documentation for related information.
 
 <br/>
 
+###Light Method Protocol
+If you wish, you may use a "light" method protocol that allows clients to
+encode the method name in the URL instead of in the "method" parameter of the
+request object. To do this, use the \JsonRpc2\LightMethodProtocolTrait in your
+instance of \JsonRpc2\Controller like
+
+~~~php
+class ServicesController extends \JsonRpc2\Controller
+{
+    use \JsonRpc2\LightMethodProtocolTrait;
+}
+~~~
+
+One advantage of the light method format is that web server access logs will
+contain the method invoked, because it is in the URL. The standard "heavy"
+format will not, because the method is inside the POST data.
+
+Without the LightMethodProtocol, a client would post to
+```
+http://yoursite/services
+```
+with data
+```javascript
+{
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "id": 1,
+    "method": "update",
+    "params": ["world"]
+}
+```
+
+However, with the LightMethodProtocol, a client could instead post to
+```
+http://yoursite/services/update
+```
+with data
+```javascript
+{
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "id": 1,
+    "params": ["world"]
+}
+```
+
+The method may be specified both in the URL and in the request object
+provided that they match.  If the method is specified in both places, an
+error is thrown if they do not match.
+
+<br/>
+
 ###Params validation
 For validation params data you MUST create [phpDoc @param](http://manual.phpdoc.org/HTMLSmartyConverter/PHP/phpDocumentor/tutorial_tags.param.pkg.html) tags comments with type to action method.<br/>
 After that param data will be converted to documented type.