Method and system for community data caching

摘要

A cache module ( 26 ) at a client computer ( 12 ) controls a cache portion ( 28 ) on a storage device ( 24 ). The cache module communicates with other cache modules at other clients to form a cache community ( 15 ). The cache modules store World Wide Web or other content in the cache portions for retrieval in response to requests ( 32 ) for content from browsers ( 30 ) in the cache community. When the requested content is not available in the cache community, the requested content may be retrieved from an origin server ( 19 ) using the Internet.