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Content delivery framework having origin services

  • US 10,701,149 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2014
  • Issued: 06/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A framework supporting content delivery in a content delivery network (CDN) comprising a plurality of devices, each device comprising hardware including memory and at least one processor, each device configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services, wherein each of said CD services has a corresponding operation, and wherein(A) said plurality of CD services in said CDN comprise:

  • collector services, control services, and origin services; and

    wherein(B) at least some of said CD services in said CDN produce, as event output, one or more event streams relating to their respective operation; and

    (C) at least some of said event output is provided to at least some of said collector services; and

    wherein at least some of said plurality of devices in said CDN run origin services, and wherein said origin services running on said at least some of said plurality of devices comprise at least one origin services network,wherein at least one said origin service in said CDN is configured to provide a true or definitive or authoritative version or copy of at least one resource, andwherein each particular origin service is dynamically controlled and configured based on control information received at said particular origin service from said control services, wherein at least some of the control information used to control and configure said origin service was based on specific event information produced by at least one of said origin services in said origin services network,wherein each origin service in said CDN is configured to;

    (i) generate information relating to operation of said origin service; and

    (ii) to provide at least some of said information as event information to at least one other CD service in said CDN, andwherein, for a particular origin service of said origin services;

    (a) at least some event output to be generated by the particular origin service is dynamically controlled and configured at said particular origin service based on;

    (1) control information received at said particular origin service from said control services, and (2) state information received at said particular origin service from said collector services; and

    (b) a choice of at least one other CD service to which a particular origin service is to provide event output, is dynamically controlled and configured based on;

    (1) control information received at said particular origin service from said control services, and (2) state information received at said particular origin service from said collector services.

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