Optimizing content management

• US 8,762,526 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baumback, Mark S., Bettis, David William, Jenkins, Jonathan A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Jungwon
• Application Number:
  US13/620,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 647 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/203, 709/223, 709/217, 718/104, 718/100, 717/103, 707/10, 707/608, 704/246, 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring the performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request for an original resource and any embedded resource. The processing device uses the processed performance metric information to determine a CDN service provider for alternatively hosting at least a portion of the original resource and/or any embedded resources. In some embodiments, in making such a determination, the processing device assesses performance metric information collected and associated with subsequent resource requests for the original resource and any embedded resources using each of a variety of alternative CDN service providers. Aspects of systems and methods for generating recommendations associated with monitoring the operation and performance of CDN service providers with respect to specific resource requests are also provided.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring performance associated with processing a request for Web content, the system comprising:

at least one processor device operative to;

identify one or more service providers to be utilized in conjunction with processing a request for Web content, wherein the one or more service providers host content on behalf of a content provider;

for individual identified service providers;

cause an initiation of a request for the Web content to the individual identified service provider; and

obtain performance data related to processing of the request using the individual identified service provider; and

dynamically determine a service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content at least in part based on the performance data.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the Web content corresponds to a first resource and one or more embedded resources.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor device is further operative to generate code for the Web content to be processed using the determined service provider.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein dynamically determining a service provider is further based on service provider selection criteria.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor device is further operative to obtain, from the content provider, service provider selection criteria.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein dynamically determining a service provider is further based on the service provider selection criteria provided by the content provider.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor device is further operative to provide a recommendation to the content provider to use the determined service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor device is further operable to generate a recommendation to use the determined service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying one or more service providers to be utilized in conjunction with processing a request for Web content, wherein the one or more service providers host content on behalf of a content provider;

for individual identified service providers;

causing an initiation of a request for the Web content to the individual identified service provider; and

obtaining performance data related to processing of the request using the individual identified service provider; and

dynamically determining a service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content at least in part based on the performance data,

wherein the method is implemented by at least one processor device.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the Web content corresponds to a first resource and one or more embedded resources.

11. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising generating code for the Web content to be processed using the determined service provider.

12. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein dynamically determining a service provider is further based on service provider selection criteria.

13. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising obtaining, from the content provider, service provider selection criteria.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein dynamically determining a service provider is further based on the service provider selection criteria provided by the content provider.

15. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising providing a recommendation to the content provider to use the determined service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content.

16. The method as recited in claim 9 further comprising generating a recommendation to use the determined service provider to process a subsequent request for the same Web content.

17. A system for monitoring performance associated with processing a request for Web content, the system comprising:

at least one processor device operative to;

identify one or more service providers to be utilized in conjunction with processing a request for Web content, wherein the one or more service providers host content on behalf of a content provider;

for individual identified service providers;

cause an initiation of a request for the Web content to the individual identified service provider; and

responsive to processing the request, obtain performance data corresponding to the processing of the request using the individual identified service provider; and

dynamically determine a service provider for hosting the Web content at least in part based on the performance data.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the at least one processor device is further operative to provide a recommendation to the content provider to use the determined service provider to host the Web content.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying one or more service providers to be utilized in conjunction with processing a request for Web content, wherein the one or more service providers host content on behalf of a content provider;

for individual identified service providers;

causing an initiation of a request for the Web content to the individual identified service provider; and

responsive to processing the request, obtaining performance data corresponding to the processing of the request using the individual identified service provider; and

dynamically determining a service provider to host the same Web content at least in part based on the performance data,

wherein the method is implemented by at least one processor device.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising providing a recommendation to the content provider to use the determined service provider to host the Web content.