METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A MULTICAST RESPONSE TO A UNICAST REQUEST FOR A DOCUMENT
First Claim
1. A method for managing a document, comprising:
- retrieving the document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location; and
multicasting the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location.
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Abstract
A method for managing a document includes retrieving the document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location. The document is multicasted to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location based on a likelihood that that information will be consumed by this second computer system. A network operations center includes a master proxy server. The master proxy server retrieves a document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location. A multicast server is coupled to the master proxy server. The multicast server transmits the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location. All decisions about multicasting documents to non-requesting computer systems are based on known, stated, and observed information profiles of the non-requesting computer systems as well as the content associations related to the active multicast channels.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for managing a document, comprising:
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retrieving the document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location; and
multicasting the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for managing a document, comprising:
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retrieving the document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location;
unicasting the document to the first computer system at the first location; and
multicasting the document to a second computer system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for a managing document, comprising:
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receiving the document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location; and
multicasting the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions, the sequence of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
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retrieving a document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location; and
multicasting the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A network operations center, comprising:
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a master proxy server that retrieves a document in response to a request made by a first computer system at a first location; and
a multicast server, coupled to the master proxy server, that transmits the document to the first computer system at the first location and a second computer system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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Specification