| US 7,457,851 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and methods for information transfer using a cached server | ||
| Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, N.J. (US); and Jun Li, Plainsboro, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/498,403 PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2002, PCT No. PCT/US02/39474 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 10, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/052609, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 26, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/340551, filed on Dec. 13, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0010648 A1, Jan. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—219 [709/203; 709/218; 709/229; 709/232] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for transferring information comprising the steps of:
receiving a request for a file via a host, over a first access network, from a file requesting device;
transferring said file from said host to a cache server at a first scheduled file transfer commencement time;
transferring said file from said cache server to a file receiving device at a second scheduled file transfer commencement
time over a second access network,
wherein the first scheduled file transfer commencement time and the second scheduled file transfer commencement time are at
least based on a type of the file, and
wherein the second scheduled file transfer commencement time is at least further based on a duration of the file receiving
device at a hotspot.
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