CLIAMS:We claim:

1. An application level caching method, comprising:
monitoring, using a utility executed by a processor, run-time data access operations corresponding to an application;
identifying, using the processor, at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations;
triggering, using the processor, a caching rule based on the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations; and
providing, using the processor, a memory access instruction according to the caching rule.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the caching rule comprises at least one of: a cache populating rule, a cache replacement rule, and a cache eviction rule.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the caching rule is automatically generated based on the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: storing the automatically generated caching rule.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the caching rule is pre-defined by an administrator.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: visually representing, using a display unit operably connected to the processor, the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing data identifying the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

8. An application level caching system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:
monitor, using a utility executed by the processor, run-time data access operations corresponding to an application;
identify at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations;
trigger a caching rule based on the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations; and
provide a memory access instruction according to the caching rule.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the caching rule comprises at least one of: a cache populating rule; and a cache replacement rule, and a cache eviction

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the caching rule is automatically generated based on the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising: storing the automatically generated caching rule.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the caching rule is pre-defined by an administrator.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising: a display module configured to visually represent the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

14. The system of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions to: store the at least one characteristic associated with the run-time data access operations.

Dated this 29th day of July, 2013

SRAVAN KUMAR GAMPA
K&S PARTNERS
AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT
,TagSPECI:TECHNICAL FIELD
The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for application level caching and more particularly to dynamically applying caching policies to a software application.