Patent ID: 7818575

Claim:
A method for efficiently prefetching cryptographic evidence, the method comprising: identifying by at least one computer processor a next update time at which a first cryptographic evidence publication ceases to be valid; identifying a next publish time at which a second cryptographic evidence publication becomes valid; and selecting by the at least one computer processor a prefetch time that is a time between the next publish time and the next update time, wherein the prefetch time is selected as a function of a random number, wherein selecting the prefetch time comprises: calculating a first time by adding a delta time period to the next publish time; calculating a second time by subtracting the delta time period from the next update time; selecting a third time within an adjusted time period between the first time and the second time by; calculating a proxy identifier based on caching information; selecting the random number; calculating a first part that is a modulus of half of the adjusted time period and the proxy identifier; calculating a second part that is a modulus of half of the adjusted time period and the random number; and setting the third time to be the sum of the next publish time, the delta time, the first part, and the second part; and setting the prefetch time to be the third time; and prefetching the cryptographic evidence at the prefetch time.