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Systems and methods for providing dynamic ad hoc proxy-cache hierarchies

  • US 7,865,585 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2007
  • Issued: 01/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an ad-hoc hierarchy of caches to serve objects, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving, by an appliance from a client, a first request for an object from a server;

    (b) identifying, by the appliance, the object is not located in a first cache of the appliance;

    (c) forwarding, by the appliance, the first request for the object to the server;

    (d) transmitting, by the appliance prior to receiving a response to the forwarded first request, a second request for the object to a device;

    (e) receiving, by the appliance from at least one of the server or the device, the object; and

    (f) transmitting, by the appliance, the object to the client.

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