Residential cache appliance utilizing a social network
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a social networking server system, an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein a privacy setting of the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed by the social networking server system;
associating, at the social networking server system, a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item;
maintaining, at a storage associated with the social networking server system, a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and associated privacy settings managed by the social networking server system;
receiving, at the social networking server system and from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item; and
in response to the request, directing, by the social networking server system based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item.
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Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed for managing a distributed data center. The managing can include receiving content interaction history associated with a first social networking account of a social networking system at a content distribution system; maintaining a cache map of available cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store; selecting a content item to push to a residential cache appliance based on the content interaction history, wherein pushing the content item includes updating the cache map to associate a network address of the residential cache appliance with an identifier of the content item; and providing a content distribution service configured to redirect a content streaming request for the content item to the residential cache appliance when the content item is determined to be available in the distributed cache store according to the cache map.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a social networking server system, an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein a privacy setting of the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed by the social networking server system; associating, at the social networking server system, a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item; maintaining, at a storage associated with the social networking server system, a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and associated privacy settings managed by the social networking server system; receiving, at the social networking server system and from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item; and in response to the request, directing, by the social networking server system based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; receive, an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein a privacy setting of the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed by a social networking server system; associate a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item; maintain a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and associated privacy settings managed by the social networking server system; receive from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item; and in response to the request, directing, based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item; and memory coupled to the one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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receiving an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein a privacy setting of the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed by a social networking server system; associating a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item; maintaining a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and associated privacy settings managed by the social networking server system; receiving from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item; and in response to the request, directing based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item.
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