Patent ID: 7043524

Claim:
A process for the caching of streamed applications within a computer network accessible by client systems, comprising the steps of: providing application requesting means on a client for requesting streamed application file pages; providing application packet reception means on said client for receiving streamed application file pages sent in response to said application requesting means; providing caching means on said client for storing received streamed application file pages in a cache; wherein said application requesting means sends a request for a streamed application file page to other clients in said network; wherein said application requesting means sends requests in packet form; providing response means on said client for responding to streamed application file page requests from other clients; wherein said response means sends a packet containing the requested streamed application file page to the requesting client if said requested streamed application file page is resident in said cache; and wherein clients request streamed application file pages using a unique set of numbers common among all servers and clients that store the particular streamed application file pages.