Dynamic content delivery

• US 8,904,009 B1
• Filed: 02/10/2012
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Marshall, Bradley E., Velummylum, Piragash, Gabrielson, Jacob
• Primary Examiner(s): Yohannes, Tesfay
• Application Number:
  US13/371,207
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 709/205, 709/219, 709/226, 455/414
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the generation and delivery of content including unique and shared components. A content delivery network service provider can obtain requests for content from client computing devices. Based on information provided in the request or otherwise managed by executable code on the client computing device, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that may be shared by more than one user or client computing devices. Additionally, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that will not be shared by more than one user or more than one client computing device. Responsive to the content request, the CDN service provider can combine the one or more pieces of shared content and the one or more pieces of unique content and deliver the combined content to the requested client computing device.

Claims

1. A method for managing content comprising:

as executed by one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions,

obtaining a resource request from a client computing device, the resource including shared content and unique content, wherein the shared content can be accessed by two or more users and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by only a single user;

identifying the shared content and the unique content based on information included in a network identifier associated with the resource request, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content includes identifying the shared and unique content by processing executable code on a client computing device;

obtaining the shared content from at least one of a local cache component or a network resource, the shared content associated with at least one security parameter and a caching parameter;

obtaining the unique content from at least one network resource, the unique content associated with at least one security parameter different from the security parameter associated with the shared content;

processing the shared and unique content responsive to the resource request; and

transmitting the processed shared and unique content.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content based on information included in a network identifier associated with the resource request includes identifying the shared content and unique content at a network resource.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the unique content cannot be maintained at a network cache component.

4. A method for managing content comprising:

as executed by one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions,

obtaining a resource request from a client computing device, the resource including shared content and unique content, wherein the shared content can be accessed by two or more users, and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by only a single user;

identifying the shared content and unique content, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content includes identifying the shared and unique content by processing executable code on a client computing device;

obtaining the shared content, the shared content associated with at least one security parameter;

obtaining the unique content from at least one network resource, the unique content associated with at least one security parameter different from the security parameter associated with the shared content;

processing the shared and unique content responsive to the resource request; and

transmitting the processed shared and unique content.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the shared content is associated with a caching parameter.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 further comprising caching at least a portion of the shared content.

7. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein obtaining the shared content includes obtaining the shared content from a local resource cache.

8. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein obtaining the shared content includes obtaining the shared content from a network resource.

9. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content includes identifying the shared content based on information included in a network identifier.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein identifying the shared content based on information included in a network identifier includes identifying the shared content and unique content at a network resource.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein identifying the shared content based on information included in a network identifier includes identifying the shared content and unique content at a client computing device.

12. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the unique content cannot be maintained at a network cache component.

13. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the share content includes one of a document, video file, or audio file.

14. A system for managing content comprising:

one or more processors, executing computer-readable instructions, that cause one or more computing devices associated with the one or more processors to;

obtain a resource request from a client computing device, the resource including shared content and unique content, wherein the shared content can be accessed by two or more users, and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by only a single user, and wherein the one or more computing devices associated with the one or more processors are associated with executable code on the client computing device;

identify the shared content and unique content based at least partly on information included in a network identifier;

obtain the shared content, the shared content associated with at least one security parameter;

obtain the unique content from at least one network resource, the unique content associated with at least one security parameter different from the security parameter associated with the shared content;

process the shared and unique content responsive to the resource request; and

transmit the processed shared and unique content.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the shared content is associated with a caching parameter.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more computing devices associated with the one or more processors are operative to obtain the shared content from a local resource cache.

17. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more computing devices associated with the one or more processors are operative to obtain the shared content from a network resource.

18. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein identifying the shared content based on information included in a network identifier includes identifying the shared content and unique content at a network resource.

19. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein identifying the shared content based on information included in a network identifier includes identifying the shared content and unique content at a client computing device.

20. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the unique content cannot be maintained at a network cache component.

21. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the share content includes one of a document, video file, or audio file.