Customer-Specific Request-Response Processing in a Content Delivery Network

A device, operable in a content delivery network (CDN), the device comprising:

• (i) hardware including memory and at least one processor;
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• (ii) a cache server mechanism constructed and adapted to:
• (A) responsive to a request, determine a particular sequencer to handle the request, said particular sequencer comprising a sequence of one or more handlers, wherein said request is associated with a particular customer of said CDN and wherein a first at least some of said one or more handlers in said particular sequence are determined based on said particular customer;
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• (B) process the request in accordance with the particular sequencer by invoking the one or more handlers.

A computer program product having computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory computer readable media, the computer readable instructions including instructions for implementing a computer-implemented method, said method operable in a content delivery network (CDN) comprising:

• a plurality of cache servers, the method comprising, by hardware and software on a cache server mechanism of said plurality of cache servers:
• (A) responsive to a request, determine a particular sequencer to handle the request, said particular sequencer comprising a sequence of one or more handlers, wherein said request is associated with a particular customer of said CDN and wherein a first at least some of said one or more handlers in said particular sequence are determined based on said particular customer;
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• (B) process the request in accordance with the particular sequencer by invoking the one or more handlers.