CPC H04L 67/568 (2022.05) [G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/9574 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 2212/154 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A processor-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a first server from a requestor, a revalidation request relating to a content object;
determining that metadata describing one or more characteristics of the content object is stored in a cache associated with the first server and that the content object is not stored in the cache, and in response:
determining, at the first server, whether to retrieve content object data from any server based on analyzing a metric relating to retrieving the content object; and
transmitting from the first server to the requestor, based on analyzing the metadata, a response to the revalidation request indicating that the content object is not modified.
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