Application-driven cdn pre-caching

A caching server, comprising:

• a content request parser that receives a request for desired content from a client application in a user device and an indication of additional content related to the desired content that may be subsequently requested by the client application;
• a content retriever module that transmits a request for at least the indicated additional content to an origin server, receives the additional content from the origin server, and caches the additional content in storage;
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• a content provider module that transmits the desired content to the client application at the user device.

A computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied in said computer readable storage medium for a client application, the computer program instructions comprising:

• first computer program instructions that enable a processor to generate a first request for desired content that indicates additional content related to the desired content that may be subsequently requested by the client application;
• second computer program instructions that enable a processor to receive the desired content from a caching server that retrieved the desired content from an origin server in response to the first request for the desired content;
• third computer program instructions that enable a processor to generate a second request for the additional content;
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• fourth computer program instructions that enable a processor to receive the additional content when received from the caching server that retrieved the additional content from an origin server and cached the additional content in response to the first request for the desired content.