Managing content delivery network service providers by a content broker
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing resource requests comprising:
- as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,obtaining, by a storage management component, a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device, the DNS query corresponding to a resource maintained by a service provider on behalf of a content provider;
identifying, by the storage management component, a plurality of service providers for providing a requested resource to a client computing device, wherein the plurality of service providers are independent of the storage management component;
associating, by the storage management component, a financial cost with each of the identified service, providers, wherein the financial cost corresponds to a financial cost attributed to the content provider for providing the resource corresponding to the DNS query by each of the identified plurality of service providers respectively;
selecting, by the storage management component, at least one of an IP address and an alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers based at least in part on the associated financial cost; and
transmitting, by the storage management component to the client computing device, the selected one of the IP address and the alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers.
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing network storage provider and CDN service providers are provided. A content broker component obtains client computing device requests for content provided by a content provider. The content broker processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a network storage provider or a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the content broker.
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing resource requests comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions, obtaining, by a storage management component, a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device, the DNS query corresponding to a resource maintained by a service provider on behalf of a content provider; identifying, by the storage management component, a plurality of service providers for providing a requested resource to a client computing device, wherein the plurality of service providers are independent of the storage management component; associating, by the storage management component, a financial cost with each of the identified service, providers, wherein the financial cost corresponds to a financial cost attributed to the content provider for providing the resource corresponding to the DNS query by each of the identified plurality of service providers respectively; selecting, by the storage management component, at least one of an IP address and an alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers based at least in part on the associated financial cost; and transmitting, by the storage management component to the client computing device, the selected one of the IP address and the alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for managing content requests comprising:
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a memory operative to maintain request processing criteria corresponding to requested resources, the request routing criteria including financial cost information; and a storage management component including at least one computing device associated with the memory, the storage management component operative to; obtain a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device, the DNS query corresponding to a resource maintained by a service provider on behalf of a content provider; identify a plurality of service providers for providing a requested resource to a client computing device, wherein the plurality of service providers are independent of the storage management component; associate a financial cost with each of the identified service providers, wherein the financial cost corresponds to a financial cost attributed to the content provider for providing the resource corresponding to the DNS query by each of the identified plurality of service providers respectively; select at least one of an IP address and an alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers based at least in part on the associated financial cost; and transmit, to the client computing device, the selected one of the IP address and the alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for managing resource requests comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions, obtaining, by a storage management component, information indicative of client computing device requests for a resource; updating, by the storage management component, request processing criteria maintained in a data store corresponding to a request for the resource; identifying, by the storage management component, a plurality of service providers for providing the requested resource to a client computing device, wherein the plurality of service providers are independent of the storage management component and wherein each of the plurality of service providers are operative to at least one of host or process the resource on behalf of a content provider, wherein the content provider is independent of the storage management component; associating, by the storage management component, a financial cost with each of the plurality of service providers, wherein the financial cost corresponds to a financial cost attributed to a content provider for providing the requested resource by the plurality of service providers respectively; selecting, by the storage management component, at least one service provider from plurality of service providers based at least in part on the corresponding financial cost for providing the requested resource; and generating, by the storage management component, a recommendation for the content provider regarding the selected at least one service provider. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for managing content requests comprising:
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a memory operative to maintain request processing criteria corresponding to requested resources; and a storage management component including at least one computing device associated with the memory, the storage management component operative to; obtain information indicative of client computing device requests for a resource; update the request processing criteria maintained in the data store corresponding to a request for the resource; identify a plurality of service providers for providing the requested resource to a client computing device, wherein the plurality of service providers are independent of the storage management component and wherein each of the plurality of service providers are operative to at least one of host or process the resource on behalf of a content provider, wherein the content provider is independent of the storage management component; associate a financial cost with each of the plurality of service providers, wherein the financial cost corresponds to a financial cost attributed to a content provider for providing the requested resource by the plurality of service providers respectively; select at least one service provider from plurality of service providers based at least in part on the corresponding financial cost for providing the requested resource; and generate a recommendation for the content provider regarding the selected at least one service provider. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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