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Delivering content to electronic devices using local caching servers

US10154109B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

45Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Kazuhisa Yanagihara · Cupertino, US
Lionel Gentil · Dublin, US
Darrin Jewell · Woodside, US
Jason R. Thorpe · San Francisco, US
Jordan L. Redner · Los Gatos, US
Gregory B. Vaughan · Santa Cruz, US
Gregory Burns · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2012
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/2514
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that delivers content to an electronic device. The system includes a content provider that obtains a public address of the electronic device from a first request for the content from the electronic device. Next, the content provider uses the public address to identify a local caching server on a local area network (LAN) of the electronic device. Finally, the content provider provides a local address of the local caching server to the electronic device, wherein the local address is used by the electronic device to obtain the content from the local caching server and the LAN without accessing a content delivery network (CDN) outside the LAN.

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