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Method and apparatus for content synchronization

  • US 8,725,836 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing data requests, comprising:

  • receiving data at a cache server;

    receiving an expiration command associated with the data at the cache server from a remote client;

    marking the data as expired in response to the expiration command;

    receiving a request for the data at the cache server;

    requesting permission to send the request to an origin server in order to retrieve the data upon determining that the data is marked as expired;

    determining a priority associated with the data;

    assigning the priority to the request;

    storing the request in a queue of requests;

    sending the request from the queue to the origin server in response to the priority of the request having a highest value compared to other requests in the queue.

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