Content delivery validation service
AssigneeNovell, Inc.
InventorStephen R. Carter
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Abstract
Techniques for content delivery validation services are provided. A Request for content is validated for a specific level of service that is to be provided over a network when making the request for the content and when delivering the content to satisfy the request over the network. A network transaction is tagged representing the request and the delivery of the content. Resources that comport with the specific level of service are designated to handle the network transaction and the transaction is injected into the network. Usage of the resources is monitored as the network transaction is processed.
Claims20
A method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and processed by one or more processors configured to perform the method, comprising:
- receiving, from a principal, a content selection for content;
- identifying a level of infrastructure service to provide the principal when requesting and delivering the content over a network between a target device location associated with the principal and a source device location that vends the content;
- resolving a path through the network for requesting and delivering the content, the path and resources used along the path meet or exceed the level of infrastructure service;
- injecting a request for content into the network over the path as a network transaction;
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- metering the network transaction to ensure the level of infrastructure service.
A method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and processed by one or more processors configured to perform the method, comprising:
- establishing a principal identity for a principal that makes a request for content to be delivered over a network at a specific level of service;
- validating the request and the specific level of service;
- reserving resources of the network that conform to the specific level of service;
- tagging a network transaction for making and satisfying the request with a token;
- injecting the network transaction into the network;
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- monitoring usage of the resources as the network transaction processes within the network via the token.
A system, comprising:
- a network service manager implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on one or more processors of a network;
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- a network transaction monitor implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on one or more processors of the network;
- the network service manager configured to authenticate a principal and a request for content for a specific level of service as the request is processed and the content is delivered over the network, the request and the delivery of the content together form a network transaction, the network service manager also configured to identify resources of the network to process the network transaction and to tag the network transaction with a token before the network transaction is injected into the network for processing, the network transaction monitor is configured to monitor usage of the resources, via the token, as the network transaction is processed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.