Remote file services network-infrastructure cache

Patent 6085234 Issued on July 4, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 23, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Inca Technology, Inc.

Application

No. 121651 filed on 07/23/1998

US Classes:

709/217, REMOTE DATA ACCESSING709/219, Accessing a remote server709/226, Network resource allocating711/118Caching

Examiners

Primary: Kim, Kenneth S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Schreiber; Donald E.

International Class

G06F 015/173

Abstract

A network-infrastructure cache ("NI Cache") transparently provides proxy file services to a plurality of client workstations concurrently requesting access to file data stored on a server. The NI Cache includes a network interface that connects to a digital computer network. A file-request service-module of the NI Cache receives and responds to network-file-services-protocol requests from workstations through the network interface. A cache, also included in the NI Cache, stores data that is transmitted back to the workstations. A file-request generation-module, also included in the NI Cache, transmits requests for data to the server, and receives responses from the server that include data missing from the cache.