Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and methods for information transfer using a cached server

US7457851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Kumar Ramaswamy · San Jose, US
Jun Li · Cranbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2002
Grant date	Nov 25, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/329
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for information transfer using a cache server are disclosed. A user requests a file via a file requesting device, over a network, from a host. The host transfers the file to a cache server over a connection at a first scheduled time. The cache server then transfers the file, over a second network, to a file receiving device at a second scheduled time.

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