Content delivery network

A method of managing acquisition of content objects at a client device side, comprising:

• executing a content consumption agent on a processor of a client device for:
• sending a distributed content delivery network (CDN) a content request for retrieving at least one content object,
• establishing a data transmission session with a delivery server accessible via the CDN,
• using the data transmission session for retrieving a portion of the at least one content object,
• receiving from a management agent monitoring the transmission session instructions to re-issue another content request while the content consumption agent retrieves the at least one content object,
• receiving from the management agent instructions to establish a new data transmission session with at least one another delivery server estimated to provide better performance for delivering the at least one content object to the client device, and
• establishing the new data transmission session with the at least one another delivery server for retrieving another portion of the at least one content object.

A method of managing content delivery, comprising:

• executing a management agent on a processor of a server for:
• receiving over a distributed content delivery network (CDN) a content request for retrieving at least one content object, the content request is received from a content consumption agent executed on a client device;
• instructing a delivery server to establish a data transmission session with the content consumption agent via the CDN, wherein the delivery server transmits a portion of the at least one content object to the content consumption agent;
• monitoring a plurality of delivery servers and estimating accordingly when at least one another delivery server can provide better performance for delivering the at least one content object to the client device
• sending the content consumption agent instructions to re-issue another content request while the content consumption agent retrieves the at least one content object;
• in response to a reception of the another content request, instructing an establishment of a new data transmission session between the content consumption agent and the at least one another delivery server for allowing the content consumption agent to retrieve another portion of the at least one content object using the new data transmission session.

A client device managing acquisition of content objects, comprising:

• a memory hosting a content consumption agent;
• a processor executing the content consumption agent for:
• sending a distributed content delivery network (CDN) a content request for retrieving at least one content object,
• establishing a data transmission session with a delivery server accessible via the CDN,
• using the data transmission session for retrieving a portion of the at least one content object,
• receiving from a management agent monitoring the transmission session instructions to re-issue another content request while the content consumption agent retrieves the at least one content object,
• receiving from the management agent instructions to establish a new data transmission session with at least one another delivery server estimated to provide better performance for delivering the at least one content object to the client device, and
• establishing the new data transmission session with the at least one another delivery server for retrieving another portion of the at least one content object.