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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Ming Chen, Bedford, MA (US);
Xiwang Yang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Yong Liu, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Lei Zhang, Frisco, TX (US);
Ming Chen, Bedford, MA (US);
Xiwang Yang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Yong Liu, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Lei Zhang, Frisco, TX (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a hit time for each of a plurality of content items based on at least one of users' history of access to the content items on content distribution clusters in a content distribution network, the users' past ratings of the content items, and social network information associated with the users. The hit time of a content item indicates a number of times that the content item is likely to be accessed by the users. The processor is further configured to compute caching priorities of the content items based on a caching policy of the device and the determined hit times, and initiate a redistribution, over a network, of the plurality of content items over the content distribution clusters of the content distribution network based on the caching priorities.