Patent ID: 8489671

Claim:
A system for implementing a dedicated shared byte cache, the system comprising: a gateway in communication with a content server, the content server configured to transfer content based on received requests for content, the gateway including a gateway accelerator module, wherein the gateway accelerator module includes a proxy server, the proxy server configured to receive content from the content server and to forward the content; a satellite in communication with the gateway, the satellite configured to transmit the received content; a subscriber terminal in communication with the satellite, the subscriber terminal configured to the content; and a plurality of client systems in communication with the subscriber terminal, the plurality of client systems each including a personal byte cache and configured to receive the content from the proxy server, to store the content in the personal byte caches, to synchronize the personal byte caches with each of the plurality of client system's portions of a shared byte cache at a dedicated shared byte cache server that is coupled to each of the plurality of client systems, and to retrieve the content from the shared byte cache.