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Method for optimizing off-peak caching of web data

  • US 5,961,602 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1997
  • Issued: 10/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of retrieving Web content for delivery to a Web client connectable to the World Wide Web via a communication link, the Web client including a cache, comprising the steps of:

  • a) defining a set of Web servers from which content is desired to be retrieved and stored in the cache;

    b) determining an activity level for the communication link as content is being downloaded to the cache from the servers; and

    c) if the activity level for the communication link is less than a threshold level, issuing to the cache, additional requests for content according to a policy that ensures that each of the servers of the set has a fair share of opportunities to deliver content to the Web client.

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