Managing content delivery network service providers by a content broker
US8122098B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1023
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing network storage provider and CDN service providers are provided. A content broker component obtains client computing device requests for content provided by a content provider. The content broker processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a network storage provider or a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the content broker.
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