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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

May. 20, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Al Chakra, Apex, NC (US);

Tim Friessinger, Boblingen, DE;

Spenser E. Shumaker, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01); H04L 67/2804 (2013.01); H04L 67/2819 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to embodiments of the invention, a method, a computer readable storage medium, and a computer system for data collection and distribution are provided. The method may include receiving an electronic request for data from a data provider, wherein the request includes one or more characteristics of the client device. The method may also include identifying, as a function of the characteristics of the client device, a data set to be returned to the client in fulfillment of the request. The method may also include determining whether a cache of the data collector contains data sufficient to create the data set. The method may also include collecting, in response to determining that the cache does not contain data sufficient to create the data set, data from the data provider that is sufficient to create the data set. The method may also include providing the data set to the client device.


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