Content management

• US 8,346,937 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan, Richardson, David R., Marshall, Bradley E., Scofield, Christopher L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mejia, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US12/956,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20110072110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics

Abstract

A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider determines a class associated with a set of client computing devices and monitors resources requests for the determined class. The content delivery network service provider then identifies at least one cache component for providing additional content, such as advertisement content or other additional content provided in anticipation of future resource requests, to client computing devices as a function of the determined class. In other embodiments, instead of cache components, the content delivery network service provider identifies a second set of client computing devices as a function of the determined class for providing the additional content information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

observing behavior of client computing devices over time by monitoring requests for content by the client computing devices at a first cache component of a content delivery network service provider;

based on the observed behavior, dynamically determining a class of client computing devices; and

identifying content associated with the dynamically determined class; and

providing, at a second cache component of the content delivery network service provider, for the availability of different content based on the identified content associated with the dynamically determined class, wherein providing, at the second cache component for the availability of different content comprises preloading the different content at the second cache component as a function of the identified content associated with the dynamically determined class.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the different content includes advertisement content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the different content includes content provided in anticipation of an additional resource request at the second cache component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises correlating a class associated with computing devices serviced by the second cache component with the dynamically determined class of computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises matching a class associated with computing devices serviced by the second cache component with the dynamically determined class of computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises:

selecting the second cache component for providing content to client computing devices having a class that matches the dynamically determined class of client computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component; and

preloading the different content to the second cache component.

7. A system comprising:

one or more network points of presence associated with a content delivery network service provider, wherein any one or combination of the one or more network points of presence is operable to;

observe behavior of client computing devices over time by monitoring requests for content by the client computing devices at a first cache component;

based on the observed behavior, dynamically determine a class of client computing devices;

identify content associated with the dynamically determined class; and

provide, at a second cache component, for the availability of different content based on the identified content associated with the dynamically determined class, wherein providing, at the second cache component for the availability of different content comprises preloading the different content at the second cache component as a function of the identified content associated with the dynamically determined class.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the different content includes advertisement content.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the different content includes content provided in anticipation of an additional resource request at the second cache component.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises correlating a class associated with computing devices serviced by the second cache component with the dynamically determined class of computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises matching a class associated with computing devices serviced by the second cache component with the dynamically determined class of computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at the second cache component comprises:

selecting the second cache component for providing content to client computing devices having a class that matches the dynamically determined class of client computing devices determined based on observed behavior at the first cache component; and

preloading the different content to the second cache component.