| 摘要 |
<p>Data transfer to a remote packet-communicating device over a network is e ffected using a network-based cache to selectively store data. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a network-based server (e.g. , 110) facilitates selective, rule-based storage of a registered user's data in a network-based cache (e.g., 140). The registered user's data (e.g., 136 ) is available via the user's data source (e.g., 130) coupled to a packet-ba sed network (e.g., 105, via a user's home or business computer coupled to th e Internet). The server controls remote access to data stored in the cache a s well as data accessible via the registered user's data source. For instanc e, when a request for data transfer is received from a remote packet-communi cating device (e.g., 120), the network-based server authenticates the reques t and, for authenticated requests, facilitates a transfer of the requested d ata from one or both of a registered user's data source and the cache.</SDOA B></p> |
