PEER-TO-PEER CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK, METHOD, AND MANAGER

• US 20140164563A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adeia Media Holdings LLC (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Remote Media LLC (Vertigo Media, Inc.)
• Inventors: Savenok, Alexander, Savenok, Pavel, Leekley, Gregory H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,549,024 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06

Abstract

A peer-to-peer (P2P) content delivery network delivers select data files to an end user. The content delivery network provides a client, a P2P gateway server, and a Resource Name Server (RNS) within a computer-populated network. The RNS caches data resource locations within the computer-populated network and resolves resource requests with optimal data resource locations within the computer-populated network. The gateway server requests and receives optimal data resource locations via the RNS; requests and receives data files from the computer-populated network via the optimal data resource locations; and processing received data files for data file delivery to the client. The network thus enables an origin-agnostic data delivery method for optimally delivering select data files to an end user. A data-routing governance or management utility governs/manages the content delivery network and associated methodology for providing industry rights management, compliance monitoring, and/or compliance reporting of data file transmissions.

Claims

1. A peer-to-peer (P2P) content delivery network, the content delivery network for delivering select data files to a user, the content delivery network comprising:

a client, a P2P gateway server, and a Resource Name Server (RNS) in communication with a computer-populated network, the RNS for (1) caching data resource locations within the computer-populated network and (2) resolving resource requests with optimal data resource locations within the computer-populated network, the gateway server for (1) requesting and receiving optimal data resource locations via the RNS, (2) requesting and receiving data files from the computer-populated network via the optimal data resource locations, and (3) processing received data files for data file delivery to the client.

2. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising client authentication means, the client authentication means for verifying client authenticity.

3. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising server authentication means, the server authentication means for verifying server authenticity.

4. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising data delivery fragmentation means, the data delivery fragmentation means for enhancing delivery of non-corrupt data streams.

5. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising resource indexing means, the resource indexing means for indexing resource locations and thus for enhancing network efficiency of the P2P content delivery network.

6. The P2P content delivery network of claim 5 wherein the resource indexing means comprise file matching means, the file matching means for matching data files independently from data file metadata, the file matching means thus for enhancing network efficiency of the P2P content delivery network.

7. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising (a) industry rights management means (b) compliance monitoring means and/or (c) compliance reporting means, said means for managing, monitoring and/or reporting data file transmission.

8. The P2P content delivery network of claim 1 comprising event marker association means, the event marker association means for associating event markers in frame headers of the data files, the event marker association means for enhancing data file transmission.

9. The P2P content delivery network of claim 8 comprising advertisement integration means, the advertisement integration means for integrating advertisement content into data files via said event marker association means.

10. In a computer-populated environment, an origin-agnostic data delivery method for optimally delivering select data files to an end user, the origin-agnostic data delivery method comprising the steps of:

communicating a client, a peer-to-peer (P2P) gateway server, and a Resource Name Server (RNS) with a computer-populated network;

caching data resource locations within the computer-populated network via the RNS;

requesting optimal data resource locations by the P2P gateway server from RNS-cached data resource locations;

resolving resource requests with optimal resource locations via the RNS;

receiving optimal resource locations at the P2P gateway server via the RNS;

requesting select data files from the computer-populated network via the received optimal resource locations;

transmitting requested select data files; and

processing transmitted select data files for select data file delivery to the client.

11. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step of verifying client authenticity via client authentication means.

12. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step of verifying server authenticity via server authentication means.

13. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step of fragmenting data files during data file delivery via data delivery fragmentation means, the data delivery fragmentation means for enhancing delivery of non-corrupt data streams.

14. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step of indexing recourse locations via resource indexing means, the resource indexing means for enhancing method efficiency.

15. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 14 comprising the step of matching data files independently from data file metadata via file matching means, the file matching means for enhancing method efficiency.

16. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step(s) of providing (a) industry rights management (b) compliance monitoring and/or (c) compliance reporting for data file transmission.

17. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 10 comprising the step of associating event markers in frame headers of the data files via event marker association means, the event marker association means for enhancing data file transmission.

18. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 17 comprising the step of integrating advertisement content into data files via the event marker association means.

19. The origin-agnostic data delivery method of claim 15 wherein the step of matching data files comprises the steps of:

extracting waveform data from a first data file via data extraction means associated, the extracted waveform data comprising length segment values, the length segment values being extracted relative to a data extraction baseline and comprising trough-to-baseline and peak-to-baseline length segment values;

deriving summary statistics from the extracted waveform data, the summary statistics being derived from the length segment values, the summary statistics comprising trough-to-baseline and peak-to-baseline length segment statistics;

generating a custom marker based on the derived summary statistics;

associating the custom marker with the first data file thereby constructing a custom marked data file; and

accessing the custom marker when comparing a second data file to the custom marked data file for rendering a positive media file match.

20. A data-routing governance system, the data-routing governance system, comprising, in combination, a data-routing compliance appliance and a content delivery network, the data-routing compliance appliance being in communication with the content delivery network, the content delivery network comprising a plurality of data sources, the data sources comprising data files, the content delivery network for delivering select data files to an end user from an optimal data source location, the optimal data source location being selected from the group consisting of the data sources, the compliance appliance providing (a) industry rights management (b) compliance monitoring and/or (c) compliance reporting of data file transmissions.