System and method for a mobile device to use physical storage of another device for caching
AssigneeSeven Networks, LLC
InventorsMichael Luna, Ross Bott
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a mobile device to use physical storage of another device for caching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile device is able to receive over a cellular or IP network a response or content to be cached and wirelessly access the physical storage of the other device via a wireless network to cache the response or content for the mobile device.
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A system to enable a mobile device to use physical storage of another device for social caching, the system, comprising:
- a local proxy on the mobile device which receives a response in response to a request to a content source;
- wherein, the local proxy wirelessly accesses the physical storage of another device via a wireless network to cache the response for the mobile device;
- responsive to subsequent requests at the mobile device which would be satisfied by the response, the physical storage of the other device is further accessed via the wireless network to satisfy the request at the mobile device;
- wherein, the physical storage of the other device is accessed in response to detecting commonalities between the mobile device and the other device;
- wherein, the commonalities include, a user of the mobile device and the other device having same or similar friends in an online network or social network.
A method for a mobile device to use physical storage of another device for caching, the method, comprising:
- receiving over a cellular or IP network, at the mobile device, content to be cached;
- wirelessly accessing the physical storage of the other device via a wireless network to cache the content for the mobile device;
- responsive to a request which would be satisfied by the content, the physical storage of the other device is further accessed via the wireless network to satisfy the request at the mobile device;
- wherein, the physical storage of the other device is used when a user of the mobile device and the other device has same or similar friends in an online network or social network.
A mobile device which uses physical storage of another device for caching, the mobile device, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory having instructions stored there on which when executed by the processor causes the mobile device to:
- receive over a cellular or IP network a response to be cached;
- wirelessly access the physical storage of the other device via a wireless network to cache the response for the mobile device;
- responsive to a request which would be satisfied by the response, the physical storage of the other device is further accessed via the wireless network to satisfy the request at the mobile device;
- wherein, the physical storage of the other device is used when a user of the mobile device and the other device has same or similar friends in a social network.
A system to enable a mobile device to use physical storage of another device for social caching, the system, comprising:
- a local proxy on the mobile device which receives content from a content source;
- wherein, the local proxy wirelessly accesses the physical storage of another device via a wireless network to cache the content for the mobile device;
- responsive to requests at the mobile device which would be satisfied by the content, the physical storage of the other device is further accessed via the wireless network to satisfy the request at the mobile device;
- a proxy server wirelessly coupled to communicate with the local proxy,
- wherein, the proxy server monitors the content source to determine when the response cached is no longer valid;
- wherein, the local proxy notifies the proxy server when the responses is cached;
- wherein, the proxy server notifies the local proxy on the mobile device when the response is no longer valid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.