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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Thomas David Nadeau, Hampton, NJ (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Thomas David Nadeau, Hampton, NJ (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for distributing digital content include receiving provider content over a network connection at a customer premises node located on premises of a first customer. The provider content is offered by a network service provider different from the first customer. Provider data based on the provider content is stored in non-volatile storage on the customer premises node of the first customer. It is determined whether conditions are satisfied for sending the provider content to a second customer different from the first customer. If it is determined that such conditions are satisfied, then the provider data is retrieved from the non-volatile storage, and data based on the provider data is sent over the network connection for receipt by the second customer. Thereby a customer premises node serves as a cache of provider content for other customer premises nodes on the same last mile segment or access network.