Patents Assigned to Nktomi Corporation
  • Patent number: 6850970
    Abstract: An approach for caching an electronic product generally involves the use of confirmation data that indicates that an electronic product was successfully provided from a cache to a user. A request to provide an electronic product to a user is received at a cache. In response to receiving the request to provide the electronic product to the user, the cache provides electronic product to the user. If the electronic product was successfully provided by the cache to the user, then the cache generates confirmation data that indicates that the electronic product was successfully provided by the cache to the user. The cache may also provide the confirmation data to a confirmation recipient. The confirmation data may also specify other information, such as an identity of the user, a location of the user and/or a time at which the cache provided the electronic product to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Nktomi Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Littlefield