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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
William M Pitts, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joel R Rigler, Aptos, CA (US);
Robert E Lister, San Jose, CA (US);
Inca Technology, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A network-infrastructure cache ('NI Cache') transparently provides proxy file services to a plurality of client workstations concurrently requesting access to file data stored on a server. The NI Cache includes a network interface that connects to a digital computer network. A file-request service-module of the NI Cache receives and responds to network-file-services-protocol requests from workstations through the network interface. A cache, also included in the NI Cache, stores data that is transmitted back to the workstations. A file-request generation-module, also included in the NI Cache, transmits requests for data to the server, and receives responses from the server that include data missing from the cache.