Network for providing appropriate content delivery network selection

• US 10,560,384 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2019
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rahman, Moshiur
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US16/241,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20190140953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/124 using a combination of metrics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/122 by diverting traffic away from congested entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1014 based on the content of a request
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A system for providing content delivery network selection is disclosed. In particular, the system may include receiving a request for content from a user device and determining a location of the user device based on the request for the content. Based on the location of the user device and based on one or more desired parameters, the system may include selecting a suitable content delivery network from a plurality of content delivery networks to service the request for the content. Once the suitable content delivery network is selected, the system may include providing the content to the user device by using the suitable content delivery network that was selected by the system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining, in response to receiving a request for content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first type of content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the selecting of the first type of content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing, in response to the request and by utilizing the first type of content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first type of content delivery network from a plurality of types of content delivery networks.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining if a condition has changed to warrant switching to a different content delivery network.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the different content delivery network if the condition has changed.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise servicing the request using the different content delivery network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on whether another content delivery network is experiencing an outage.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a threshold level of usage of the first content delivery network being satisfied.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a time of day.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a preference of a network provider.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on whether other content delivery networks are under attack.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting the first type of content delivery network further comprises selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a content type of the content.

13. A method, comprising:

determining, in response to receiving a request for content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first type of content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the selecting of the first type of content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting, in response to the request and by utilizing the first type of content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising obtaining the content from a shared content source that is shared by a plurality of types of content delivery networks.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a type of service provided by the first type of content delivery network.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising selecting the first type of content delivery network based on a network bandwidth level.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining a content restriction associated with the user device.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining a subscription associated with the user device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining, in response to receiving a request for content, a location of a user device, wherein the determining of the location of the user device is performed by utilizing a very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element; and

selecting, based on the location of the user device, a first type of content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the selecting of the first type of content delivery network is performed by utilizing the very small aperture terminal-enabled radio access network hardware element.