Shared content delivery infrastructure with rendezvous based on load balancing and network conditions
US8291046B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10015
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of processing requests for resources in a system in which a plurality of content providers provide multiple resources. Content providers offload the serving of some of their resources to a shared content delivery network (CDN) formed by a plurality of servers. The CDN is shared among the content providers. Some of a content provider's content may be served from an origin server associated with that content provider, while requests for other content from that content provider are served from the shared CDN. Requests for content are directed to servers in the CDN based on load conditions on the CDN servers and network conditions.
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