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Content delivery reconciliation

US9026616B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 2013
Grant dateMay 5, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1091
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for management and processing of resource requests are provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device corresponding to a requested resource from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider associates the requested content into a set of content segments. For each content segment, the content delivery network service provider identifies the network address of a registered content provider, such as peer computing device, and a cache component of the content delivery service provider. The content delivery network service provider also provides tokens for requesting the content from a registered content provider. The client computing device obtains the content from the registered content providers and/or the cache component of the content delivery network service provider. Thereafter, the content delivery network service provider reconciles with the registered content providers for content provided to client computing devices.

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