public function getPriceCatArticleCount($sCatId, $dPriceFrom, $dPriceTo)
    {
        // current status unique ident
        $sActIdent = $this->_getUserViewId();

        // loading from cache
        $aCatData = $this->_getCatCache();

        if (!$aCatData || !isset($aCatData[$sCatId][$sActIdent])) {
            $iCnt = $this->setPriceCatArticleCount($aCatData, $sCatId, $sActIdent, $dPriceFrom, $dPriceTo);
        } else {
            $iCnt = $aCatData[$sCatId][$sActIdent];
        }

        return $iCnt;
    }