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Delivering alternate versions of objects from an object cache

  • US 6,289,358 B1
  • Filed: 04/15/1998
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing information objects in response to requests for said information objects, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • maintaining at a first location a cache of information objects that are stored at one or more second locations;

    receiving at said first location a first request for an information object stored at one of said second locations; and

    responding to said first request by performing the steps of;

    traversing an index structure to locate a vector of alternates for said information object, wherein said vector of alternates includes first data about a plurality of alternate versions of said information object that are stored in said cache;

    reading said first data from said vector of alternates;

    based on said first data, identifying a particular alternate version of said information object to supply in response to said first request; and

    supplying said particular alternate version of said information object.

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