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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Brad Roeger, Hampshire, GB;

Esther Roeger, Winchester, GB;

William Yates, Hampshire, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/859 (2013.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/17 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 12/023 (2013.01); G06F 16/1727 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); H04L 47/2475 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data processing system includes a processor and a local storage device connected to the processor. The data processing system is operated to identify one or more downloads for downloading to the local storage device. The system determines the amount of available space within the local storage device, selects a download from the identified download(s) that is smaller than the amount of available space within the local storage device, and downloads the selected download to the data processing system. The selected download is then stored in the local storage device, whilst not marking the space occupied by the selected download as being used.


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