Patent ID: 6944676
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of disseminating information over a wide area network, comprising the steps of: a) providing a central caching unit having at least one network address associated therewith and operative to receive data over said network from servers storing data providing information content; b) storing received cacheable data from said servers at said central caching unit; c) broadcasting cacheable data from said central caching unit over a satellite broadcast system directly to distributed local caching units associated with local access nodes giving remote users access to said wide area network for the retrieval of data from said servers; d) selectively storing said broadcast data at said local access nodes in said local caching units; and e) receiving requests from users at said local access nodes for data stored in said associated local caching unit, and if said data is stored in the associated local caching unit providing said data to the requesting user, otherwise re-routing said requests to retrieve said data over said wide area network.