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Location-aware caching in an aerial network

  • US 9,749,984 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2016
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • determining that an aerial vehicle is located in a border area corresponding to a first geographic area in an aerial-vehicle network comprising a plurality of moveable aerial vehicles, wherein the aerial-vehicle network comprises a plurality of geographic areas that includes the first geographic area;

    based at least in part on the determination that the aerial vehicle is located in the border area, determining that a location-aware cache of an aerial vehicle should be updated with first data associated with the first geographic area; and

    in response to determining that the location-aware cache should be updated;

    sending a location-aware cache-update request;

    receiving, as a response to the location-aware cache-update request, first data that corresponds to the first geographic area; and

    storing the first data that corresponds to the first geographic area in a location-aware cache of the aerial vehicle.

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