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Extending an internet content delivery network into an enterprise environment by locating ICDN content servers topologically near an enterprise firewall

  • US 20020138437A1
  • Filed: 01/07/2002
  • Published: 09/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method operative in an Internet content delivery network (ICDN) having a set of content servers organized into regions and that provides delivery of Internet content on behalf of participating content providers, comprising:

  • establishing a set of one or more enterprise CDN regions topologically near an enterprise firewall, wherein each enterprise CDN region has one or more ECDN-aware surrogate origin servers;

    responsive to a request for given ECDN content originating from an a given entity, mapping the given entity to a preferred enterprise CDN region that is likely to host the given ECDN content;

    determining if the given entity is authorized to obtain the given ECDN content; and

    if the given entity is authorized to obtain the given ECDN content, attempting to serve the given ECDN content from the preferred enterprise CDN region.

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