US 12,706,876 B2 · System and method for on-demand edge platform computing

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing deployment of applications and services within a network having a plurality of edge platforms. A domain name service (DNS) request from a client device requesting for content from a third-party provider is modified to include location information indicating a client device location. A deployment manager uses the location information in the modified request to select a nearby edge platform for servicing the request. Changes to the edge platform servicing the request may be imitated based on changes in location information received in future requests. The deployment manager may also maintain a database to track resources that are already deployed in nearby edge platforms, conserving resources when selecting the edge platforms to service requests. The deployment manager also directs third-party content providers to the edge platform using a separate service so that communication with third-party content providers does not share the location information.

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A method for managing content deployment in a network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a deployment manager, a content request including requested content and location information indicative of a location of a client device requesting the content;
and
upon receiving the content request, selecting, by the deployment manager, an edge platform based at least in part on the location information;
when the content is not deployed at the selected edge platform at a time of the receiving the content request:
instructing, by the deployment manager, the edge platform to prepare infrastructure for handling the content;
and
transmitting, by the deployment manager, deployment information for the requested content to a content provider, wherein the deployment information indicates an address of the edge platform and does not include the location information;
and
communicating, by the deployment manager, the address of the edge platform to the client device.

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A system for managing content deployment in a network, the system comprising:

memory storing a database indicating a plurality of applications and services and at which ones of a plurality of edge platforms of the network the plurality of applications and services are deployed;
and
one or more processors configured to:
receive a content request including requested content and location information indicative of a location of a client device requesting the content;
and
upon receiving the content request, select an edge platform based at least in part on the location information;
when the content is not deployed at the selected edge platform at a time of the receiving the content request:
instruct the edge platform to prepare infrastructure for handling the content;
and
transmit deployment information for the requested content to a content provider, wherein the deployment information indicates an address of the edge platform and does not include the location information;
and
communicate the address of the edge platform to the client device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for on-demand edge platform computing

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