| --- PATENT CLAIM --- | |
| 1. A cache location manager including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising: extracting all combinations of a transfer device caching content and candidate paths relaying the content from the transfer device to another transfer device requesting for the content by using network topology information indicating a relation of connections among transfer devices, the candidate paths being extracted so that the candidate paths has larger number of transfer devices to store the content and shorter length to delivering the content when number of accesses to the content becomes larger; calculating, with respect to each of the combinations extracted at the extracting, a sum of an amount of electric power consumed by the transfer device included in the combination when the content is cached in the transfer device and an amount of electric power consumed by transfer devices included in the combination when transferring the content through the candidate paths; selecting, among the combinations, a combination of which the sum of electric power calculated at the calculating is a minimum sum out of the combinations extracted at the extracting; and outputting information indicating the combination selected at the selecting, wherein the outputting includes identifying a transfer device to cache the content on a content centric network in which each transfer device is allowed to cache the content based on the combination selected at the selecting, and providing a cache list indicating the content to be cached by each transfer device to the transfer devices. | |
| --- THE DEBATE --- | |
| Advocate (R1): | |
| The cache location manager’s optimization of power consumption by selecting combinations with minimal total electric power usage directly supports Y02’s focus on energy-efficient computing systems. By reducing redundant data transfers and enabling content caching at low-energy transfer devices, this method lowers the carbon footprint of network operations, aligning with climate change mitigation goals through improved resource efficiency in digital infrastructure. | |
| Skeptic (R1): | |
| The patent’s cache location manager describes a generic algorithm for optimizing power consumption in data transfer, lacking specific evidence of measurable energy savings, reduced carbon footprint, or renewable resource use in its implementation. This is a standard industrial method for improving computational efficiency without concrete links to climate change mitigation, rendering it unrelated to Y02’s criteria for green technology. | |
| Advocate (R2): | |
| The cache location manager’s optimization of power consumption by selecting combinations with minimal total electric power usage directly supports Y02’s focus on energy-efficient computing systems. By reducing redundant data transfers and enabling content caching at low-energy transfer devices, this method lowers the carbon footprint of network operations, aligning with climate change mitigation goals through improved resource efficiency in digital infrastructure. | |
| Skeptic (R2): | |
| The patent’s cache location manager describes a generic algorithm for optimizing power consumption in data transfer, lacking specific evidence of measurable energy savings, reduced carbon footprint, or renewable resource use in its implementation. This is a standard industrial method for improving computational efficiency without concrete links to climate change mitigation, rendering it unrelated to Y02’s criteria for green technology. | |
| --- JUDGE'S VERDICT --- | |
| {"suggestion": 1, "confidence": "High", "rationale": "This patent claim describes technology that contributes to climate change mitigation or environmental sustainability, consistent with Y02 classification |