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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Douglas Neal Rowitch, Del Mar, CA (US);
Zoltan Biacs, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ravikumar Varma Dandu, San Diego, CA (US);
Donovan Trisko, San Diego, CA (US);
Jie Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
John Delucchi, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Grant Alexander Marshall, Campbell, CA (US);
Ashok Bhatia, San Diego, CA (US);
Douglas Neal Rowitch, Del Mar, CA (US);
Zoltan Biacs, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ravikumar Varma Dandu, San Diego, CA (US);
Donovan Trisko, San Diego, CA (US);
Jie Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
John Delucchi, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Grant Alexander Marshall, Campbell, CA (US);
Ashok Bhatia, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method performs an update for a first device that consumes information with a known expiration time. The first device operates within a network that accommodates other devices also consuming the information. The method includes setting a time for the first device to refresh the information, the time to refresh being based on a pseudorandom time offset. The method also includes sending a refresh request to a resource for the data during the set time.