Managing CDN registration by a storage provider

• US 8,060,616 B1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Richardson, David R., Marshall, Bradley E., Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hussain; Imad
• Application Number:
  US12/272,666
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1029 using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1031 Controlling of the operation of servers by a load balancer, e.g. adding or removing servers that serve requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing registration, by a network storage provider, of one or more resources with a CDN service provider are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains registration information for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider. The registration information may include a request to publish one or more resources to a CDN service provider, an identification of the one or more resources, CDN selection criteria provided by the content provider or otherwise selected, and the like. The network storage provider transmits a CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information to the CDN service provider. Then, the network storage provider manages and processes data pursuant to registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider. The process can further include causing the generation of a user interface by the network storage provider for requesting registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider using a single control.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a CDN inquiry from a content provider at a network storage provider, wherein the CDN inquiry corresponds to a request to register one or more resources with a CDN service provider and wherein the one or more resources are currently hosted by the network storage provider on behalf of the content provider;

causing generation, by the network storage provider, of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider, wherein the user interface includes an option to have the one or more resources hosted by the CDN service provider in the alternative to the network storage provider;

obtaining registration information at the network storage provider for registering the one or more resources associated with the content provider with the CDN service provider, the registration information including a request by the content provider to register the one or more resources with a CDN provider, identification of the one or more resources to be provided by the CDN service provider, and CDN selection criteria;

transmitting a CDN generation request from the network storage provider to the CDN service provider, the CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information; and

processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more resources correspond to one or more embedded resources.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more resources correspond to a domain associated with the content provider.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider comprises notifying the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider_without receiving a request from the content provider for the notification.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider further comprises sending a request from the network storage provider for the content provider to modify one or more resource identifiers corresponding to the one or more resources so that subsequent requests for the one or more resources are directed to the CDN service provider.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider comprises sending a request from the network storage provider for the content provider to modify one or more resource identifiers corresponding to the one or more resources so that subsequent requests for the one or more resources are directed to the CDN service provider.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider comprises obtaining, at the network storage provider, an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of the CDN service provider for providing the associated resource.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a DNS query from a client computing device at a first DNS server of the network storage provider, wherein the DNS query corresponds to a requested resource associated with an original resource identifier provided by a content provider and wherein the network storage provider is different from the content provider;

determining whether the first DNS server is authoritative to the DNS query;

obtaining an alternative resource identifier if the DNS server is determined not to be authoritative, wherein the alternative resource identifier includes information for causing a DNS query to resolve to a domain corresponding to the CDN service provider and request routing information not included in the original resource identifier; and

transmitting the alternative resource identifier to the client computing device.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the CDN selection criteria comprises a service level plan provided by a CDN service provider.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the CDN selection criteria comprises a regional level plan provided by a CDN service provider.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes identification of a number of times each of the one or more resources has been requested by a client computing device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an identification of one or more CDN service providers recommended by the network storage provider based on an evaluation of past requests made to the network storage provider for the one or more resources.

13. A method comprising:

determining that use of a content delivery network (CDN) service provider should be recommended by a network storage provider to a content provider based on an evaluation of past requests made to the network storage provider for the one or more resources, wherein the one or more resources are stored and provided by the network storage provider on behalf of the content provider;

providing an identification of a recommended CDN service provider to the content provider from the network storage provider without receiving a prior request from the content provider to use a CDN service provider to provide at least one of the one or more resources;

obtaining registration information at the network storage provider for registering one or more resources associated with the content provider with a CDN service provider;

transmitting a CDN generation request from the network storage provider to the CDN service provider, the CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the one or more resources correspond to one or more embedded resources.

15. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the one or more resources correspond to a domain associated with the content provider.

16. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the registration information includes identification of the one or more resources to be provided by the CDN service provider and CDN selection criteria provided by the content provider.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the CDN selection criteria comprises a service level plan corresponding to a CDN service provider.

18. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the CDN selection criteria comprises a regional level plan corresponding to a CDN service provider.

19. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

causing generation, by the network storage provider, of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein the user interface provides an option for a content provider to select to register with a CDN service provider by selection of a single control.

21. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein the user interface provides identification of one or more recommended CDN service providers.

22. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising:

obtaining a CDN inquiry from a content provider at the network storage provider, wherein the CDN inquiry corresponds to an initial request to register one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

23. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

causing generation, by the network storage provider, of an API call for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

24. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

notifying the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider without receiving a request from the content provider for the notification.

25. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

sending a request from the network storage provider for the content provider to modify one or more resource identifiers corresponding to the one or more resources so that subsequent requests for the one or more resources are directed to the CDN service provider.

26. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising:

obtaining, at the network storage provider, an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of the CDN service provider for providing the associated resource.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer executable components for managing registration of content with a CDN service provider, the computer readable medium comprising:

a first component for;

identifying one or more resources associated with a content provider;

determining that use of a content delivery network (CDN) service provider should be recommended by the network storage provider to the content provider based on an evaluation of past requests made to the network storage provider for the one or more resources, wherein the one or more resources are stored by the network storage provider on behalf of the content provider; and

providing an identification of a recommended CDN service provider to the content provider from the network storage provider without receiving a prior request from the content provider to use a CDN service provider to provide at least one of the one or more resources; and

a second component that when selected causes a network storage provider to register the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 27, wherein the first component further comprises identifying a current storage location of each of the one or more resources.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 27, wherein the first component further comprises identifying a number of prior requests made to the network storage component for each of the one or more resources.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 27 further comprising:

a third component for obtaining a desired regional service plan associated with the CDN service provider.

31. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 27 further comprising:

a third component for obtaining a desired service level plan associated with the CDN service provider.

32. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 27 further comprising:

a third component for identifying one or more recommended CDN service providers based on information associated with the one or more resources.