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Managing content delivery network service providers by a content broker

  • US 9,985,927 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2014
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method 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;

    identifying, by the storage management component, a plurality of service providers for processing a resource associated with the DNS query, 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 for processing the resource by each of the identified plurality of service providers respectively;

    selecting, by the storage management component, at least one of an IP address or 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 or the alternative resource identifier associated with one of the identified plurality of service providers.

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