Granted Patent B2

US 8,095,633 · App. 11/772,688 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause an apparatus to at least:

(a) receive a request from a first computer device requesting content to be transmitted from a second computer device to the first computer device;

(b) receive from the second computer device, a prediction of non-requested content that the first computer device will request based on the content requested by the first computer device;

(c) receive a first cache request from the second computer device to cache the non-requested content on the apparatus wherein the first cache request includes an amount of memory requested to cache the non-requested content;

(d) determine an amount of memory that may be allocated on one or more computer readable media operatively connected to the apparatus;

(e) if the amount of memory that may be allocated is more than the requested amount of memory to cache the non-requested content, cache the non-requested content on at least one of the one or more computer-readable media operatively connected to the apparatus, and

(f) if the amount of memory that may be allocated is less than the requested amount of memory to cache the non-requested content, transmit communication to the second computer device selected from the group consisting of: a denial of the first cache request, an indication of an amount of memory that may be allocated to the second computer device, and combinations thereof.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

(g) transmit a cache invitation to the second computer device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the cache invitation is located within a header of a request for content.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first cache request includes terms that have previously been agreed upon by the apparatus and the second computer device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first cache request comprises a fee for use of cache memory space.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the fee is paid by the second computer device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-requested content comprises objects of a web page.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

(g) receive an identification of the non-requested content.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the identification of the non-requested content comprises memory addresses of the non-requested content.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

(h) in response to (g), request the non-requested content from the second computer device.

11. An apparatus comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to at least:

receive a request for content from a cache computer device;

transmit to the cache computer device the requested content;

transmit to the cache computer device a cache request to cache non-requested content on the cache computer device wherein the cache request includes terms comprising an amount of cache memory requested to cache the non-requested content; and

determine if the cache request has been accepted, wherein if the cache request is accepted, transmitting to the cache computer device the non-requested content, wherein the non-requested content comprises content other than content requested by the cache computer device;

wherein if the terms are not accepted, configuring the apparatus to receive a denial in response to the cache request for use of the cache memory.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the cache computer device comprises an access router coupled to an access network.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the cache request comprises a proposed fee for use of the cache memory.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer readable media further stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

transmit updated non-requested content when the apparatus updates the non-requested content.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the cache request comprises a time duration.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer readable media further stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

receive an approval of proposed terms for use of the cache memory from the cache computer device.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the cache request is located within a header of the requested content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

(g) determine when the first computer device updates the non-requested content; and

(h) transmit updated non-requested content to the second computer device when the first computer device updates the non-requested content.

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