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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Scott Dale, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Luxton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Dale, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Luxton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed in some examples is a method of caching by storing data in a first cache specific to a first geographic area and accessible only by a first application in the first geographic area; storing data in a second cache specific to a second geographic area and accessible by a plurality of applications in the second geographic area including the first application and a second application, the second geographic area being larger than and encompassing at least part of the first geographic area; responsive to a miss in the first cache for data, contacting the second cache and searching for the data in the second cache; and responsive to a hit for the data in the second cache, sending the data to a first application, wherein the data was placed in the second cache by a second application.