Patent ID: 9489391
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving one or more requests from one or more online system users of an online system to access a content item stored in a first exhaustible storage of an the online system; determining one or more users of the online system associated with the content item; determining an estimated number of times the content item will be accessed based on one or more selected of a group consisting of: frequencies with which users associated with the content item log into the online system, frequencies with which the users upload content items to the online system, and frequencies with which users interact with other users through the online system, and any combination thereof; and responsive to the estimated number exceeding a threshold number, moving the content item from the first exhaustible storage to a second exhaustible storage, wherein the second exhaustible storage has been accessed a fewer number of times than the first exhaustible storage.