US 12,282,426 B2
Methods and systems for caching content items
Rajendran Pichaimurthy, Karnataka (IN); Dolphin Masilamany Santha, Karnataka (IN); Daina Emmanuel, Karnataka (IN); Prakash Viswanathan, Karnataka (IN); and Reda Harb, Issaquah, WA (US)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,559.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061776 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 12/0802 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 12/0802 (2013.01) [G06F 2212/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for caching content items, the method comprising:
storing at least first and second content items in a cache;
determining a quality of each of the first and second content items;
determining whether there is common content between the first content item and the second content item;
in response to determining that there is common content between the first content item and the second content item, and that the quality of the first content item is less than the quality of the second content item, deleting at least a portion of the first content item;
receiving a request for the common content; and
in response to receiving the request for the common content, retrieving the common content from the second content item.