Meta content distribution network
AssigneeVeriSign, Inc.
InventorsKeith Ball, William J. Hilliard, Tamara Baker
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Abstract
A method for responding to a request for a file, comprising receiving a request for a file at a selection server for the selection server to select one of a plurality of content distribution networks based upon predetermined selection criteria, the request by a client system to a file server, the selection server, file server client system, and content distribution networks all connected to an Internet; and responding to the request by providing the file from the selected content distribution network to the client system.
Claims30
A method for responding to a request for a file, comprising:
- receiving a request for a file at a selection server for the selection server to select one of a plurality of content distribution networks based upon predetermined selection criteria, the request by a client system to a file server, the selection server, file server client system, and content distribution networks all connected to an Internet;
- and
- responding to the request by providing the file from the selected content distribution network to the client system.
A method for responding to a request for a file, comprising:
- receiving a request for a file at a selection server, the request by a client system to a file server, the selection server, file server and client system connected to an Internet;
- selecting one of a plurality of content distribution networks connected to the Internet based upon predetermined selection criteria, the selected content distribution network having access to the requested file;
- and
- providing information identifying the selected content distribution network to the file server.
A method for a file server to respond to a request for a file, comprising:
- receiving a request for a file at a file server connected to an Internet;
- forwarding the request to a selection server connected to the Internet to select one of a plurality of content distribution networks connected to the Internet based upon predetermined selection criteria;
- and
- receiving information from the selection server identifying the selected content distribution network.
A network, comprising:
- a selection server for receiving a request for a file by a client system to a file server and for selecting one of a plurality of content distribution networks based upon predetermined selection criteria;
- and
- a file server for receiving information from the selection server identifying the selected content distribution network.
A system, comprising:
- a selection server connected to an Internet for receiving a request for a file by a client system to a file server connected to the Internet;
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- logic connected to the selection server for selecting one of a plurality of content distribution networks based upon predetermined selection criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.