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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2002
Applicants:

Steve Dispensa, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);

Steve Myers, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Jason M. Sloderbeck, Kansas City, MO (US);

Jonathon Spaeth, Cleveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Steve Dispensa, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);

Steve Myers, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Jason M. Sloderbeck, Kansas City, MO (US);

Jonathon Spaeth, Cleveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A reverse caching system monitors residential end-user communications to cache content files when they are transferred from the residential end-users over access links to a core communication network. The reverse caching system monitors the residential end-user communications to identify requests for the content files cached in the reverse caching system. In response to identifying the requests, the reverse caching system transfers the requested content files from the reverse caching system to the core communication network.


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