Content management

• US 8,352,615 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• 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:
  US12/956,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20110072134A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 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:

monitoring, at a content delivery network service provider, requests originally initiated from a first cluster of client computing devices, wherein the content delivery network service provider hosts content on behalf of a content provider and wherein the requests from the first cluster of client computing devices correspond to requests for a portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider;

associating content corresponding to the monitored requests with the first cluster of client computing devices to determine a first group of content collectively corresponding to the first cluster;

identifying a second set of content for a second cluster of client computing devices based at least in part on the first group of content, wherein the second set of content is identified from another portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider and wherein the identified second set of content is different from the first group of content; and

preloading at least a portion of the identified second set of content at a cache component authorized to service the second cluster of client computing devices,

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices of the content delivery network service provider.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first cluster is the same as the second cluster.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first cluster is different from the second cluster.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified set of content includes future advertisement display content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified set of content includes content provided in anticipation of future content requests.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a portion of the identified set of content for preloading at the cache component.

7. A method comprising:

obtaining a request for content originally initiated from a first client computing device at a content delivery network service provider, wherein the content delivery network service provider hosts content on behalf of a content provider and wherein the request for content from the first client computing device corresponds to a request for a portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider;

determining a class of client computing devices associated with the first client computing device;

associating the class of client computing devices with the requested content; and

in anticipation of subsequent requests from other client computing devices, preloading different content associated with the requested content at a cache component of the content delivery network service provider as a function of the content collectively requested by the class of client computing devices, wherein the different content is identified from another portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider,

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices of the content delivery network service provider.

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

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the different content includes content provided in anticipation of the subsequent requests from other client computing devices.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the class corresponds to observing behavior over time and determining the class based on the observed behavior.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the class corresponds to a temporal domain.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises correlating a class associated with computing devices serviced by the cache component with the determined class associated with the first client computing device.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises matching a class associated with computing devices serviced by the cache component with the determined class associated with the first client computing device.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises:

selecting a cache component for providing content to client computing devices having a class that matches the determined class of client computing devices associated with the first client computing device; and

preloading the different content to the selected cache component.

15. 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;

monitor resource requests originally initiated from a first cluster of client computing devices, wherein the content delivery network service provider hosts content on behalf of a content provider and wherein the requests from the first cluster of client computing devices correspond to requests for a portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider;

associate content corresponding to the monitored resource requests with the first cluster of client computing devices to determine a first group of content collectively corresponding to the first cluster;

identify one or more resources for a second cluster of client computing devices based at least in part on the first group of content, wherein the one or more resources for the second cluster is identified from another portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider and wherein the identified one or more resources are different from the first group of content; and

preload at least one of the identified one or more resources at a cache component authorized to service the second cluster of client computing devices.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first cluster is the same as the second cluster.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first cluster is different from the second cluster.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the identified one or more resources includes future advertisement display content.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the identified one or more resources includes content provided in anticipation of future content requests.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the any one or combination of the one or more network points of presence is further operable to select a portion of the identified one or more resources for preloading at the cache component.

21. 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;

obtain a request for content originally initiated from a first client computing device at the content delivery network service provider, wherein the content delivery network service provider hosts content on behalf of a content provider and wherein the request for content from the first client computing device corresponds to a request for a portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider;

determine a class of client computing devices associated with the first client computing device;

associate the class of client computing devices with the content requested from the first client computing device; and

in anticipation of subsequent requests from other client computing devices, preload different content associated with the requested content at a cache component of the content delivery network service provider as a function of the content collectively requested by the class of client computing devices, wherein the different content is identified from another portion of the content hosted on behalf of the content provider.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the different content includes advertisement content.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the different content includes content provided in anticipation of the subsequent requests from other client computing devices.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein determining the class corresponds to observing behavior over time and determining the class based on the observed behavior.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the class corresponds to a temporal domain.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises correlating a class associated with computing devices serviced by the cache component with the determined class associated with the first client computing device.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises matching a class associated with computing devices serviced by the cache component with the determined class associated with the first client computing device.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein preloading the different content at a cache component as a function of the content collectively requested by the class comprises:

selecting a cache component for providing content to client computing devices having a class that matches the determined class of client computing devices associated with the first client computing device; and

preloading the different content to the selected cache component.