System, method and computer program product that pre-caches content to provide timely information to a user
First Claim
1. A method of tracking a user'"'"'s activities to provide information that the user is expected to request from an information network based on the user'"'"'s historical usage pattern, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) monitoring the user'"'"'s activities on the information network including the information that the user accesses from the information network and at least one condition corresponding with the user'"'"'s accessing each information from the information network;
(b) creating a historical usage pattern for the user based on the user'"'"'s monitored activities and conditions associated with those activities;
(c) determining which information is expected to be accessed by the user from the information network;
(d) determining at least one expected condition corresponding with the user requesting access to the information from the information network based upon the user'"'"'s historical usage pattern;
(e) creating a scheme for pre-caching the information from the information network after occurrence of the at least one expected condition under which the user will request access of the information; and
(f) pre-caching the information from the information network according to the scheme.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product that pre-caches or downloads information from internet sites that the system expects the user to request The system schedules the pre-caching to occur at the most appropriate time of day in order to increase the likelihood that the most recent information is provided to the user in a timely manner. Actual usage is monitored to adjust to user-changing habits, conserve resources at both the server and client ends, and prioritize information against interrupted downloads and exhausted or limited cache or memory space. For users that use the telephone to dial-in to the internet, the system and method pre-caches content in a manner which decreases the likelihood that the pre-caching process will interfere with the user'"'"'s use of the telephone for other purposes.
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1. A method of tracking a user'"'"'s activities to provide information that the user is expected to request from an information network based on the user'"'"'s historical usage pattern, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) monitoring the user'"'"'s activities on the information network including the information that the user accesses from the information network and at least one condition corresponding with the user'"'"'s accessing each information from the information network;
(b) creating a historical usage pattern for the user based on the user'"'"'s monitored activities and conditions associated with those activities;
(c) determining which information is expected to be accessed by the user from the information network;
(d) determining at least one expected condition corresponding with the user requesting access to the information from the information network based upon the user'"'"'s historical usage pattern;
(e) creating a scheme for pre-caching the information from the information network after occurrence of the at least one expected condition under which the user will request access of the information; and
(f) pre-caching the information from the information network according to the scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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