US 2013/0159472 A1 · CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK

Abstract

A content delivery network (CDN) includes a control core; and a plurality of caches, each of said caches constructed and adapted to: upon joining the CDN, obtain global configuration data from the control core; and obtain data from other caches. Each of the caches is further constructed and adapted to, having joined the CDN, upon receipt of a request for a particular resource: obtain updated global configuration data, if needed; obtain a customer configuration script (CCS) associated with the particular resource; and serve the particular resource in accordance with the CCS.

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Dependent claims

A content delivery network (CDN) comprising:

(a) a control core;
and
(b) a plurality of cache servers, each particular cache server of said plurality of cache servers being constructed and adapted to:
(b)(1) upon joining the CDN,
(b)(1)(1) obtain global configuration data from the control core;
and
(b)(2) having joined the CDN,
(b)(2)(1) obtain updated global configuration data, if needed;
and
(b)(2)(2) obtain customer configuration information associated with at least one customer of the CDN;
(b)(2)(3) serve a particular resource associated with a particular customer of the CDN in accordance with (i) the global configuration data, and (ii) customer configuration information obtained in (b)(2)(2) and associated with the particular customer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/714,410Filed 14 Dec 2012

Priority

14 Dec 2011

Published

20 Jun 2013

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Classification12 codes

H04L 67/5682
Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching: policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
H04L 41/0856
By actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information: by backing up or archiving configuration information
H04L 41/5064
Characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers, e.g. customer relationship management: customer…
H04L 41/509
Based on type of value added network service under agreement: wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV

Content delivery network

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