Service provider registration by a content broker

• US 8,510,448 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• 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, Saraf, Tal
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US13/614,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26241 involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing registration, by a content broker, of one or more resources with one or more service providers are provided. A content broker obtains registration information for registering the one or more resources with a service provider. The registration information may include a request to publish one or more resources to a service provider, an identification of the one or more resources, service provider selection criteria provided by the content provider or otherwise selected, and the like. The content broker transmits a service provider generation request corresponding to the registration information to the service provider. Then, the content broker manages and processes data pursuant to registration of the one or more resources with the service provider.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices configured to;

determine that use of a service provider should be recommended by a content broker to a content provider based on an evaluation of past requests monitored by the content broker for one or more resources, wherein the one or more resources are one of hosted or processed by the content broker on behalf of the content provider;

obtain registration information at the content broker for registering one or more resources associated with the content provider with a service provider; and

transmit a service provider generation request from the content broker to the service provider, the service provider generation request corresponding to the registration information.

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

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the service provider is a CDN service provider.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the service provider is a network storage provider.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the past requests monitored by the content broker include past requests made to the content broker for one or more resources.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the past requests monitored by the content broker for one or more resources correspond to one or more resources that are stored and provided by the content broker on behalf of the content provider.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the registration information includes an identification of a particular service provider by the content provider.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to select a service provider by the content broker on behalf of the content provider based on the registration information.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the registration information includes identification of the one or more resources to be provided by the service provider and service provider selection criteria provided by the content provider.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

cause generation, by the content broker, of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a service provider.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the user interface provides an option for a content provider to select to register with a service provider by selection of a single control.

12. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the user interface provides identification of one or more recommended service providers.

13. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

obtain a service provider inquiry from a content provider at the content broker, wherein the service provider inquiry corresponds to an initial request to register one or more resources with a service provider.

14. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

cause generation, by the content broker, of an API call for registering the one or more resources with a service provider.

15. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

upon registration of the one or more resources with the service provider, notify the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with the service provider.

16. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

send a request from the content broker 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 service provider.

17. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

cause 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 content broker.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

obtain, at the content broker, an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of the service provider for providing the associated resource.

19. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to:

obtain, at the content broker, an IP address corresponding to a storage component of the service provider for each of the one or more resources.

20. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with a specific executable instructions,

determining that use of a service provider should be recommended by a content broker to a content provider based on an evaluation of past requests monitored by the content broker for one or more resources, wherein the one or more resources are one of hosted or processed by the content broker on behalf of the content provider;

obtaining registration information at the content broker for registering one or more resources associated with the content provider with a service provider; and

transmitting a service provider generation request from the content broker to the service provider, the service provider generation request corresponding to the registration information.

21. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20, wherein the past requests monitored by the content broker include past requests made to the content broker for one or more resources.

22. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20, wherein the past requests monitored by the content broker for one or more resources correspond to one or more resources that are stored and provided by the content broker on behalf of the content provider.

23. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20, wherein the registration information includes an identification of a particular service provider by the content provider.

24. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20 further comprising selecting a service provider by the content broker on behalf of the content provider based on the registration information.

25. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20 further comprising:

causing generation, by the content broker, of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a service provider.

26. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 25, wherein the user interface provides an option for a content provider to select to register with a service provider by selection of a single control.

27. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 25, wherein the user interface provides identification of one or more recommended service providers.

28. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 25 further comprising:

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

29. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20 further comprising:

upon registration of the one or more resources with the service provider, notifying the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with the service provider.