Method and system for delivering information with optimized pre-fetching

A program product including a computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the program being directly loadable into a working memory of a data processing system for performing a method for delivering information in response to repeated requests when the program is run on the system, the information being collected from at least one source entity each one providing a corresponding type of information, wherein for each source entity the method includes the steps of:

• determining an expected request time of a next request of the corresponding information according to the request time of at least one preceding request,
• determining an expected collection duration of a next collection of the information from the source entity according to the collection duration of at least one preceding collection, and
• collecting the information ahead of the next request according to the expected request time and the expected collection duration.

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A data processing system for delivering information in response to repeated requests, the information being collected from at least one source entity each one providing a corresponding type of information, wherein for each source entity the system includes:

• means for determining an expected request time of a next request of the corresponding information according to the request time of at least one preceding request,
• means for determining an expected collection duration of a next collection of the information from the source entity according to the collection duration of at least one preceding collection, and
• means for collecting the information ahead of the next request according to the expected request time and the expected collection duration.

A collection computer for delivering information in response to repeated requests, the information being collected from at least one managed computer each one providing a corresponding type of information, wherein the collection computer includes:

• a registration structure for determining an expected request time of a next request of each type of information according to the request time of at least one preceding request,
• a predictor for determining an expected collection duration of a next collection of each type of information from the corresponding source entity according to the collection duration of at least one preceding collection, and
• a monitoring server for collecting each type of information ahead of the corresponding next request according to the expected request time and the expected collection duration.