Managing CDN registration by a storage provider

• US 9,451,046 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• 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 Eugene, Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US13/948,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,156 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/226
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1029 using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1031 Controlling of the operation of servers by a load balancer, e.g. adding or removing servers that serve requests
• 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 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

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

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by one or more computing devices including a processor and a memory and corresponding to a network storage provider, the network storage provider hosting resources on behalf of a content provider, and the one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions;

obtaining registration information at the network storage provider for registering, by the network storage provider, one or more resources associated with the content provider with a content delivery network (CDN) service provider; and

transmitting a CDN generation request from the network storage provider to a CDN service provider, the CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information.

2. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more resources correspond to one or more embedded resources.

3. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the registration information includes identification of the one or more resources to be provided by a CDN service provider and CDN selection criteria provided by the content provider.

4. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1 further comprising obtaining, at the network storage provider, an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of a CDN service provider for providing the associated resource.

5. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1 further comprising causing generation of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

6. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 5 further comprising processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

7. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises notifying the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider without receiving a request from the content provider for the notification.

8. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises sending a request from the network storage provider 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 a CDN service provider.

9. The computer implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises obtaining an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of a CDN service provider for providing the associated resource.

10. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein the user interface provides an option for a content provider to select to register with a CDN service provider by selection of a single control.

11. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein the one or more resources are hosted by the network storage provider on behalf of a content provider and wherein the user interface includes an option for the content provider to have the one or more resources hosted by a CDN service provider in the alternative to the network storage provider.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the user interface provides identification of a number of times each of the one or more resources has been requested by a client computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1 further comprising causing generation of an API call for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

14. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable components, the one or more computer-executable components configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to:

obtain registration information at the network storage provider for registering, by the network storage provider, one or more resources associated with the content provider with a content delivery network (CDN) service provider; and

transmit a CDN generation request from the network storage provider to a CDN service provider, the CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information.

15. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more resources correspond to one or more embedded resources.

16. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 14, wherein the registration information includes identification of the one or more resources to be provided by a CDN service provider and CDN selection criteria provided by the content provider.

17. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more computer-executable components are further configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to cause generation of a user interface for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

18. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more computer-executable components are further configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to process data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.

19. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 18, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises notifying the content provider of the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider without receiving a request from the content provider for the notification.

20. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 18, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises sending a request from the network storage provider 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 a CDN service provider.

21. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 18, wherein processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider comprises obtaining an alternative resource identifier corresponding to each of the one or more resources, wherein the alternative resource identifier corresponds to an identification of a CDN service provider for providing the associated resource.

22. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the user interface provides an option for a content provider to select to register with a CDN service provider by selection of a single control.

23. The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more resources are hosted by the network storage provider on behalf of a content provider and wherein the user interface includes an option for the content provider to have the one or more resources hosted by a CDN service provider in the alternative to the network storage provider.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the user interface provides identification of a number of times each of the one or more resources has been requested by a client computing device.

25. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 14, wherein the one or more computer-executable components are further configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to cause generation of an API call for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider.