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Content distribution system for operation over an internetwork including content peering arrangements

  • US 7,734,730 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2004
  • Issued: 06/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, in a network interconnecting a plurality of content providers and a plurality of clients, for providing content to a client, comprising:

  • coupling each of the plurality of content providers to at least one content distribution network of a plurality of content distribution networks, wherein the client is coupled to at least one of the plurality of content distribution networks, wherein a content distribution network comprises of a plurality of autonomous systems;

    building content peering relationships among the plurality of autonomous systems, wherein a first autonomous system that enters into a content peering relationship with second autonomous system provisions resources to serve content of content providers that are customers of the second autonomous system, and wherein anycast-addressed devices of the first autonomous system are configured with an anycast address block associated with the second autonomous system,wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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