Patent ID: 8775488
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a server data processing system connected to communicate with a file server cache (FSC) data processing system, comprising: receiving a first pre-caching rule from a policy database; receiving first product assembly data corresponding to the first pre-caching rule, the first product assembly data corresponding to a first subassembly of a product; transmitting the first product assembly data to the FSC to be pre-cached on the FSC according to the first pre-caching rule, wherein the first pre-caching rule includes a scheduling rule specifying when the first product assembly data is to be pre-cached on the FSC and specifying that when the user requests the first product assembly data, then third product assembly data, corresponding to a second subassembly of the product and part of a common bill-of-materials data structure as the first product assembly data, should be transmitted to the FSC to be pre-cached on the FSC; and transmitting the third product assembly data to the FSC to be pre-cached on the FSC according to the first pre-caching rule.