Patent ID: 9100814
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a digital product to a first wireless client device using a download server comprising one or more processors and a memory, the method comprising, at the download server: receiving, by the one or more processors, a redirected Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from the first wireless client device, wherein the redirected URL includes a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI) to a content descriptor corresponding to the digital product, wherein the download server is coupled to a remote content server through a computer network, the receipt of the redirected URL being a consequence of the receipt by the remote content server of a transmission comprising a selection of the digital product by a user the digital product being hosted by the remote content server, retrieving, by the one or more processors, the content descriptor directly from the remote content server using the URI to the content descriptor, the content descriptor including a URI to the digital product; determining, by the one or more processors, that the digital product is not in a cache; as a consequence of the determination, obtaining, by the one or more processors, the digital product from the remote content server using the URI to the digital product; storing the digital product in the cache for use in subsequent downloads to one or more second wireless client devices, and sending, by the one or more processors, the digital product to the first wireless client device via a wireless network.