(54) NETWORK SERVER PLATFORM/
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
CACHING SERVER
(75) Inventors: Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park; Kenny
Xiaqjian Huang, Somerset;
Christopher K. Kwabi, Englewood;
Sumit Roy, Scotch Plains; Gabriel
Valdez, Jersey City, all of NJ (US)
(73) Assignee: AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/001,419
(22) Filed: Dec. 31, 1997
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 12/00
(52) U.S. C I 711/118
(58) Field of Search 711/118, 122,
711/148, 117; 709/212, 213, 214, 217
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Primary Examiner—Matthew Kim
Assistant Examiner—C. P. Chace
(57) ABSTRACT
The location of large caches of memory located at the network server platform can reduce traffic on the network trunks or Internet backbone. In some instances these memory caches might be located at the facilities management platform. Those users supported on a specific network server platform no longer would be required to download regularly used information from the Internet backbone minimizing congestion on the network. These memory caches can be supplemented or refreshed with new data on a regular basis based on the requirements or changing requirements of the users. The close location of regularly accessed data allows for faster downloads and minimizes congestion on the communication network. In addition to user requested information, push information can be stored in these caches for fast downloading to the users.
15 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets
