Real-time message delivery and update service in a proxy server network

US11343348B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Akamai Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew J. Stevens · Lexington, US
• Michael G. Merideth · Carrboro, US
• Nil Alexandrov · Cambridge, US
• Andrew F. Champagne · Ware, US
• Brendan Coyle · Sudbury, US
• Timothy Glynn · Dowagiac, US
• Mark Roman · Salt Lake City, US
• Xin Xu · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2021
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: May 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/566
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This patent document describes technology for providing real-time messaging and entity update services in a distributed proxy server network, such as a CDN. Uses include distributing real-time notifications about updates to data stored in and delivered by the network, with both high efficiency and locality of latency. The technology can be integrated into conventional caching proxy servers providing HTTP services, thereby leveraging their existing footprint in the Internet, their existing overlay network topologies and architectures, and their integration with existing traffic management components.