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Method and system for constraining server usage in a distributed network

  • US 20080215748A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2008
  • Published: 09/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of constraining bandwidth consumption in a distributed network, comprising:

  • providing a content delivery network having a set of content servers that are shared among a set of participating content providers;

    providing a secure configuration portal through which each of a set of content providers manages its traffic independent of any content provider;

    having a content provider of the set of participating content providers use the secure configuration portion to identify a bandwidth threshold and an action to take to reduce bandwidth consumption if the bandwidth threshold is met;

    at a content server to which an end user has been directed, determining whether the bandwidth threshold has been met over a given time period, andif the bandwidth threshold has been met over the given time period, enforcing the action to reduce the bandwidth consumption for the content provider.

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