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Collaboration between internet service providers and content distribution systems

US8838670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG · DE

Inventors

Ingmar Poese · Wildau, DE
Georgios Smaragdakis · Berlin, DE
Benjamin Frank · Waterford, US
Anja Feldmann · Riegelsberg, DE
Steve Uhlig · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2012
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/1021
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for enabling collaboration between an internet service provider (ISP) and another entity includes: gathering a domain name system (DNS) query; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the ISP; providing a first list of the ISP-ranked candidate hosts; forwarding the DNS query to the another entity; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the another entity; providing a second list of the another entity-ranked candidate hosts; matching the first list and the second list; and providing a matched list of ranked candidate hosts. The another entity is a content distribution system (CDN) or another ISP.

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