Content management

• US 8,402,137 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2008
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• 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:
  US12/189,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248858A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/218, 709/224
• 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 of processing, at a content delivery network service provider, resource requests from a set of two or more client computing devices, the method comprising:

determining a class associated with the set of two or more client computing devices;

monitoring resource requests for the determined class;

providing, to a content provider, information regarding the monitored resource requests for the determined class;

obtaining, from the content provider, additional content information associated with the monitored resource requests for the determined class, wherein the additional content information is determined by the content provider;

identifying at least one cache component for providing the additional content information or content listed in the additional content information to client computing devices as a function of the determined class; and

automatically providing the additional content information to the identified cache component in anticipation of a request for the additional content information or for content listed in the additional content information,

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

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

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional content information includes content provided in anticipation of an additional resource request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring resource requests for the determined class includes identifying frequently requested content for the determined class and wherein the additional content information is associated with the frequently requested content for the determined class.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional content information comprises a list of additional resources for the determined class.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising verifying availability of the listed additional resources for delivery by the identified cache component.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising obtaining one or more of the listed additional resources if the one or more of the listed additional resources are not available.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

selecting content to be loaded at the identified cache component based on the list of additional resources;

verifying availability of the listed additional resources for delivery by the identified cache component; and

obtaining one or more of the listed additional resources if the one or more of the listed additional resources are not available.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising managing the additional content information at the cache component.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein managing the additional content information at the cache component comprises moving at least a portion of the additional content from a first memory of the cache component to a second memory of the cache component.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein managing the additional content information at the cache component comprises altering cache control data associated with at least a portion of the additional content in memory of the cache component.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein managing the additional content information at the cache component includes obtaining at least a portion of the additional content from a storage location.

13. A method of processing, at a content provider, requests from a content delivery network service provider, the method comprising:

obtaining information from the content delivery network service provider regarding monitored content requests for a class of two or more client computing devices;

determining additional content information associated with the monitored content requests for the class of two or more client computing devices, wherein the additional content information includes information that is currently unsolicited by at least one of the two or more client computing devices; and

automatically providing the additional content information to the content delivery network service provider for caching at least a portion of the additional content information in anticipation of a future content request for the additional content information or for content listed in the additional content information,

wherein the method is implemented by one or more computing devices at the content provider.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional content information includes advertisement content.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the monitored content requests includes information regarding frequently requested content and wherein the additional content information is associated with the frequently requested content.

16. A system comprising:

a first network point of presence associated with a content delivery network service provider, wherein the first network point of presence comprises at least one computing device that;

obtains a resource request from a first client computing device;

associates the first client computing device with a first cluster of client computing devices; and

monitors requests for content for the first cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a plurality of client computing devices; and

an advertisement engine comprising at least one computing device that;

obtains information, from the first network point of presence, regarding the monitored resource requests for the first cluster;

determines additional content information associated with the monitored content requests for the first cluster, wherein the additional content information includes information for content that is different from the requested content monitored for the first cluster; and

automatically provides the additional content information for use in caching at least a portion of the content corresponding to the additional content information in anticipation of a future content request for the additional content information or for content listed in the additional content information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the advertisement engine provides the additional content information to one or more network points of presence associated with the content delivery network service provider.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the advertisement engine provides the additional content information to the first network point of presence associated with the content delivery network service provider.