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Mapping of a content request for a cache server

US7640296B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2004
Grant dateDec 29, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/5682
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment includes a method that includes receiving, into a cache server, from a client, a request for content from a content server. The request for content includes one or more fields. The method also includes mapping the request for content into a new request for content that is without the one or more fields. The method includes performing a lookup into a cache list of the cache server based on the new request for content.

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