Network for providing appropriate content delivery network selection

• US 10,178,030 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2018
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rahman, Moshiur
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L.
• Application Number:
  US15/960,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20180241678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 260 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/124 using a combination of metrics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/122 by diverting traffic away from congested entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1014 based on the content of a request
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A system for providing content delivery network selection is disclosed. In particular, the system may include receiving a request for content from a user device and determining a location of the user device based on the request for the content. Based on the location of the user device and based on one or more desired parameters, the system may include selecting a suitable content delivery network from a plurality of content delivery networks to service the request for the content. Once the suitable content delivery network is selected, the system may include providing the content to the user device by using the suitable content delivery network that was selected by the system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining, in response to receiving a request for content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element;

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first type of content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first type of content delivery network is selected from a plurality of types of content delivery networks, wherein the selecting of the first type of content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

providing, in response to the request and by utilizing the first type of content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a setup response time associated with delivering the content.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a content restriction associated with the user device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining the content restriction associated with the user device from a device profile of the user device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a content type associated with the content.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on an end-to-end content delivery delay metric.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a quality-of-service requirement.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a network congestion level.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a network bandwidth level.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a time period restriction associated with the content.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining if a condition associated with the first type of content delivery network warrants switching to a second type of content delivery network to provide the content to the user device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network based on whether the first type of content delivery network is under attack.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a node in the first type of content delivery network to service the request for the content.

14. A method, comprising:

determining, in response to receiving a request for content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element;

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first type of content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first type of content delivery network is selected from a plurality of types of content delivery networks, wherein the selecting of the first type of content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

transmitting, in response to the request and by utilizing the first type of content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising obtaining, after determining the content type associated with the content, the content that is to be provided to the user device from a shared content source that is shared by the plurality of types of content delivery networks.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising switching to a second type of content delivery network to service the request based on a change in a condition associated with the first type of content delivery network.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a type of service provided by the first type of content delivery network.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising obtaining the content from a content source shared by the plurality of content delivery networks.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining, by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element, a type of content associated with the content.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for content from a user device;

determining, in response to receiving the request for the content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element;

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first content delivery network is selected from a plurality of content delivery networks, wherein the selecting of the first content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

transmitting, in response to the request and by utilizing the first content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.