CONTENT MANAGEMENT

• US 20130013790A1
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bradley E. Marshall, Christopher L. Scofield, David R. Richardson, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
• Original Assignee: Bradley E. Marshall, Christopher L. Scofield, David R. Richardson, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
• Inventors: Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan, Richardson, David R., Marshall, Bradley E., Scofield, Christopher L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,554,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics

Abstract

A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider determines a class associated with a set of client computing devices and monitors resources requests for the determined class. The content delivery network service provider then identifies at least one cache component for providing content to client computing devices as a function of the determined class. In other embodiments, instead of cache components, the content delivery network service provider identifies a second set of client computing devices as a function of the determined class for providing the content information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first network point of presence associated with a content delivery network service provider, wherein the first network point of presence comprises at least one computing device that;

obtains a resource request from a first client computing device;

associates the first client computing device with a first cluster of client computing devices;

monitors resource requests from the first cluster for anticipating content needs of a second client computing device not included in the first cluster;

identifies content for the second client computing device as a function of the monitored resources requests for the first cluster; and

provides an identification of the identified content to the second client computing device without receiving any request from the second client computing device for the identified content; and

a client component for managing the identified content at the second client computing device in anticipation of requests by the second client computing device for the identified content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein managing the identified content at the second client computing device comprises:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, moving the identified content from disk memory to memory of the second client computing device if the identified content already resides in disk memory of the second client computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein managing the identified content at the second client computing device comprises:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, increasing expiration data associated with any of the identified content already located in memory of the second client computing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein managing the identified content includes obtaining the identified content from another storage location.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein managing the identified content includes selecting at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein managing the identified content further includes preloading the selected content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the selected content.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein managing the identified content further includes preloading at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the at least a portion of the identified content.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second client computing devices are different.

9. A system comprising:

a first network point of presence associated with a content delivery network service provider, wherein the first network point of presence comprises at least one computing device that;

obtains a resource request from a first client computing device;

associates the first client computing device with a first cluster of client computing devices;

monitors resource requests from the first cluster for anticipating content needs of a second client computing device not included in the first cluster;

identifies content for the second client computing device as a function of the monitored resources requests for the first cluster; and

provides an identification of the identified content to the second client computing device without receiving any request from the second client computing device for the identified content.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a client component for:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, moving the identified content from disk memory to memory of the second client computing device if the identified content already resides in disk memory of the second client computing device.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising a client component for:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, increasing expiration data associated with any of the identified content already located in memory of the second client computing device.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising a client component for obtaining, by the second client computing device, the identified content from another storage location.

13. The system of claim 9 further comprising a client component for selecting at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the client component is further configured to preload the selected content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the selected content.

15. The system of claim 9 further comprising a client component for preloading at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the at least a portion of the identified content.

16. A method comprising:

obtaining, at computing device of a content delivery network service provider, a resource request from a first client computing device;

associating, at the computing device of the content delivery network service provider, the first client computing device with a first cluster of client computing devices;

monitoring resource requests from the first cluster for anticipating content needs of a second client computing device not included in the first cluster;

identifying content for the second client computing device as a function of the monitored resources requests for the first cluster; and

providing an identification of the identified content to the second client computing device without receiving any request from the second client computing device for the identified content.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

managing the identified content at the second client computing device in anticipation of requests by the second client computing device for the identified content.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein managing the identified content at the second client computing device comprises:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, moving the identified content from disk memory to memory of the second client computing device if the identified content already resides in disk memory of the second client computing device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein managing the identified content at the second client computing device comprises:

responsive to receipt of the identification of the identified content from the first network point of presence, increasing expiration data associated with any of the identified content already located in memory of the second client computing device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein managing the identified content includes obtaining the identified content from another storage location.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein managing the identified content includes selecting at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein managing the identified content further includes preloading the selected content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the selected content.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein managing the identified content further includes preloading at least a portion of the identified content at the second client computing device in anticipation of a request by the second client computing device for the at least a portion of the identified content.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second client computing devices are different.