The present invention is directed towards a “flash crowd” technique for handling situations where the cache receives additional requests, e.g.,. nearly simultaneous requests, for the same object during the time the server is processing and returning the response object for a first requester. Once...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20070156852?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070156852 - System and method for performing flash crowd caching of dynamically generated objects in a data communication network
