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Cache management system and method and content distribution system incorporating the same

US8949161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Simon C. Borst · North Plainfield, US
James Robert Ensor · Red Bank, US
Volker Hilt · Stuttgart, DE
Markus Hofmann · Bad Abbach, DE
Ivica Rimac · Tinton Falls, US
Anwar I. Walid · Watchung, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2008
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/24552
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cache management system and method and a content distribution system. In one embodiment, the cache management system includes: (1) a content request receiver configured to receive content requests, (2) a popularity lifetime prediction modeler coupled to the content request receiver and configured to generate popularity lifetime prediction models for content that can be cached based on at least some of the content requests, (3) a database coupled to the popularity lifetime prediction modeler and configured to contain the popularity lifetime prediction models and (4) a popularity lifetime prediction model matcher coupled to the content request receiver and the database and configured to match at least one content request to the popularity lifetime prediction models and control a cache based thereon.

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