Patent ID: 8943162
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of pre-caching data in a communication network, comprising: determining a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network; determining a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device; predicting, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address; predicting a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and selecting a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request.