Caching media data using content-sensitive identifiers
US6813690B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99944
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for caching media data, including streaming media data, using content-sensitive identifiers. The content-sensitive identifiers enable a caching proxy or a caching server to unambiguously determine the version or contents of media data cached by the caching proxy for a particular data pointer or data reference (e.g., a URL) such that an appropriate version of the media data can be served to a requesting client system in an efficient and economical manner.
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