Patent ID: 9483191
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing content from a first device to a second device upon a request for the content by the second device, the method comprising: receiving a request associated with content in a secondary storage unit; incrementing a count of the number of received requests associated with the content, wherein the count of the number of received requests associated with the content is identified from a field associated with the content, wherein the field associated with the content comprises one or more counters, each of the one or more counters being associated with a period of time, wherein each of the one or more counters maintains a sub-count of the number of received requests associated with the content, the sub-count being the number of received requests associated with the content over the period of time associated with the counter, and wherein the count of the number of received requests associated with the content is determined by summing the sub-counts of all of the counters; identifying a period of time associated with the newest counter of the field associated with the content; when the identified period of time is not the same as a current period of time: when the count of the number of received requests associated with the content exceeds a predetermined threshold, transferring the content from the secondary storage unit to a primary storage unit, wherein the primary storage unit has a higher throughput rate than the secondary storage unit.