Patent ID: 8312099
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for use by a server that has been caused to fulfill requests for data items that would otherwise be fulfilled by a content source that stores the data items, the server having been caused to fulfill the requests responsive to a determination that additional capacity for fulfilling the requests is needed, the method comprising: the server receiving the requests via the Internet, the server making a determination as to whether it possesses each data item requested of it; if the determination is that the server does not possess a requested data item, the server, in response to its said determination, obtaining the requested data item from the content source; and the server fulfilling the request for the requested data item upon obtaining the requested data item from the content source, wherein the server and the content source are connected to the Internet, and wherein the requests originate from client terminals that are connected to the Internet via other than the server and via other than the content source.