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Internet content delivery service with third party cache interface support

  • US 7,010,578 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/2000
  • Issued: 03/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A content delivery method operative in a content delivery network having a set of edge caches located at given network locations, comprising:

  • registering a third party cache with a registration server of the content delivery network by transferring given first information from the third party cache to the registration server and by transferring given second information from the registration server to the third party cache;

    wherein the given first information is information selected from;

    data indicating a public or private status of the third party cache, data identifying Common InterDomain Routing (CIDR) blocks that can be served by the third party cache, block/pass-through IP data, contact data, performance characteristic data, and a cache identifier;

    responsive to given content requests received at the third party cache, serving requested objects from the third party cache; and

    periodically transferring a log from the third party cache to the content delivery network identifying the objects served from the third party cache.

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