Client-side predictive caching for content
US9544388B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Lei Li
- Andrew Jason Ma
- Gurpreet Singh Ahluwalia
- Abhishek Dubey
- Sachin Shah
- Vijay Sen
- Gregory Scott Benjamin
- Prateek Rameshchandra Shah
- Cody Wayne Maxwell Powell
- Meltem Celikel
- Darryl Hudgin
- James Marvin Freeman, II
- Aaron M. Bromberg
- Bryant F. Herron-Patmon
- Nush Karmacharya
- Joshua B. Barnard
- Peter Wei-Chih Chen
- Stephen A. Slotnick
- Andrew J. Watts
- Richard J. Winograd
Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/6024
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for client-side predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from another computing device. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion. The client-side cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.
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