Patent ID: 8010748
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing digital objects in a network, the digital objects being distributable in a plurality of pieces, wherein at least some of a plurality of peers are connected to other ones of the plurality of peers and at least one of the peers being connected to at least one cache, the method comprising: receiving a message relating to a digital object from a first one of the plurality of peers at the at least one cache; checking whether meta-information relating to the digital object is available in the at least one cache; requesting the meta-information from a meta-information source in the event that the meta-information is unavailable in the at least one cache; receiving the meta-information at the at least one cache; and storing one or more of the plurality of pieces in the at least one cache based on the meta-information; the method further comprising the at least one cache deciding to delay requesting some of the pieces of some of the data objects.