Patent ID: 6772193
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A network system including a user terminal which makes a transfer request for user's required data for each file in an access unit to a server having the required data held therein and a network cache which temporarily stores data transferred from the server, said network cache comprising:user request processing means for detecting the data transfer request from the user terminal and making the data transfer request to the server as proxy for the user terminal; cache control means for performing a processing for storage of data transferred from the server, while partially transferring the stored data for each file in the access unit to said user terminal; and data transfer control means for continuing the storage of data transferred to said network cache from the server up to the end of that data in its access unit irrespective of the interruption of the data transfer request from the user terminal and without transferring said data to said user terminal.