Content delivery network system and method
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1. A data delivery system, comprising:
- a multi-tiered content delivery network having an origin server at a first tier, one or more mid servers at a second tier connected to the origin server and a plurality of edge servers at a third tier connected to one or more mid servers and a plurality of computing devices that make requests to the content delivery network using a cellular data connection and a WiFi connection;
wherein each edge server has a processor and memory and may be outside of an Internet data center, is one of stationary and mobile, may be intermittently connected to the multi-tiered content delivery network and a particular edge server is physically located in a place of interest and the processor of the particular edge server caches content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest and each edge server operates with and without connectivity to the multi-tiered content delivery network and the processor of each particular edge server performs machine learning to generate a list of content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest and caches the content in the generated list of content and pulls the pieces of content on the generated content list from the content delivery network for the place of interest; and
wherein the content delivery network may implement a hybrid push and pull content model in which each edge server pulls content from the content delivery network for the place of interest and pushes the content, when requested by each computing device, to that computing device with and without access to the Internet.
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Abstract
A CDN system and method to provide access and a better user experience based on a novel CDN architecture wherein each edge server may be outside of an Internet data center, may be stationary or mobile, may be intermittently connected to the multi-tiered content delivery network, may be connected to a last mile over Wi-Fi and may be physically located in a place of interest.
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1. A data delivery system, comprising:
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a multi-tiered content delivery network having an origin server at a first tier, one or more mid servers at a second tier connected to the origin server and a plurality of edge servers at a third tier connected to one or more mid servers and a plurality of computing devices that make requests to the content delivery network using a cellular data connection and a WiFi connection; wherein each edge server has a processor and memory and may be outside of an Internet data center, is one of stationary and mobile, may be intermittently connected to the multi-tiered content delivery network and a particular edge server is physically located in a place of interest and the processor of the particular edge server caches content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest and each edge server operates with and without connectivity to the multi-tiered content delivery network and the processor of each particular edge server performs machine learning to generate a list of content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest and caches the content in the generated list of content and pulls the pieces of content on the generated content list from the content delivery network for the place of interest; and wherein the content delivery network may implement a hybrid push and pull content model in which each edge server pulls content from the content delivery network for the place of interest and pushes the content, when requested by each computing device, to that computing device with and without access to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for accessing digital data, comprising:
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providing a multi-tiered content delivery network having an origin server at a first tier, one or more mid servers at a second tier connected to the origin server and a plurality of edge servers at a third tier connected to the one or more mid servers and a plurality of computing devices that make requests to the content delivery network using a cellular data connection and a WiFi connection wherein each edge server may be outside of an Internet data center, is one of stationary and mobile, may be intermittently connected to the multi-tiered content delivery network and a particular edge server is physically located in a place of interest which would allow the particular edge server to cache content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest; and obtaining, by each edge server, a plurality of pieces of content from the higher level tiers of the multi-tiered content delivery network for the place of interest associated with each edge server; performing a hybrid push and pull content delivery model in which each edge server pulls content from the content delivery network for the place of interest and pushes the content with and without connectivity to the multi-tiered content delivery network, when requested by each computing device, to that computing device with and without access to the Internet; and performing, at each edge server, machine learning to generate a list of content based on user demographics and service access patterns associated with the place of interest and caching, at each server, the content in the generated list of content by pulling the pieces of content on the generated content list from the content delivery network for the place of interest. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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