The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Emmanuel Ackaouy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Amdur, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kartik Ayyar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Grunwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashish Prakash, Morrisville, NC (US);
Brian Quirion, San Jose, CA (US);
Emmanuel Ackaouy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Amdur, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kartik Ayyar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Grunwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashish Prakash, Morrisville, NC (US);
Brian Quirion, San Jose, CA (US);
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention provides an apparatus for caching data in a network, with the apparatus including a proxy cache configured to receive request for an object from a client and to fetch data blocks from a server. The proxy cache may be configured to cache the data blocks in a hierarchical relationship within the object. The object may be, for example, a data file or a directory. The data blocks that are cached in the proxy cache define an active data set which is based upon a request from a client.