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Viewer object proxy

  • US 20050160154A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2005
  • Published: 07/21/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allowing a client to guide selection of a content object source, the method comprising steps of:

  • identifying a first and a second source, wherein at least the first source being capable of requesting a content object from an originating source in response to an earlier request for the content object of the client;

    analyzing transfer quality between the client and the first source, and between the client and the second source, the analyzing the transfer quality including analyzing a chum rate and performing at least one of traceroute, test via file transfer, server health check, server load check, ping, path difference, BGP routing information, or port response time;

    ranking the first and the second sources based on the analyzed transfer qualities; and

    using the ranking to guide selection of the content object source, whereby the selected content object source is one of the first source, the second source, or a third source.

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