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Content delivery reconciliation

  • US 9,954,934 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2015
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • obtaining, by a content delivery network (CDN) provider, a request for content from a client device;

    identifying a content provider for providing at least a portion of the requested content, wherein the content provider is independent of the CDN provider such that providing of content segments by the content provider requires reconciliation information not required by a cache component associated with the CDN provider;

    responsive to the request for content, providing, by the CDN provider to the client device, client device reconciliation information and at least one network address of the content provider for the at least a portion of the requested content, wherein the client device reconciliation information includes information used for providing reconciliation information to the content provider;

    obtaining, by the CDN provider from the content provider, a reconciliation request for providing the at least a portion of the requested content to a requesting client device, wherein the reconciliation request includes content provider reconciliation information based on the client device reconciliation information provided to the client device; and

    reconciling, by the CDN provider, the reconciliation request in accordance with the content provider reconciliation information.

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