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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2008
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas J. Freund, Austin, TX (US);
Albert Andrus Lamb, Somerville, MA (US);
Lee Michael Surprenant, Cary, NC (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas J. Freund, Austin, TX (US);
Albert Andrus Lamb, Somerville, MA (US);
Lee Michael Surprenant, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One or more downloads of web content from one or more web content servers are monitored. A swarm is defined including one or more previous downloaders of the web content from the one or more web content servers. The one or more previous downloaders of the web content include one or more web content caches including at least a portion of the web content. Stored web content within the one or more web content caches of the swarm is tracked. A new downloader of the one or more web content servers is redirected to the one or more web content caches of the swarm.