DYNAMIC CONTENT DELIVERY

• US 20150188994A1
• Filed: 12/01/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Marshall, Bradley E., Velummylum, Piragash, Gabrielson, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 9,628,554 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the generation and delivery of content including unique and shared components. A content delivery network service provider can obtain requests for content from client computing devices. Based on information provided in the request or otherwise managed by executable code on the client computing device, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that may be shared by more than one user or client computing devices. Additionally, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that will not be shared by more than one user or more than one client computing device. Responsive to the content request, the CDN service provider can combine the one or more pieces of shared content and the one or more pieces of unique content and deliver the combined content to the requested client computing device.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as executed by a server system configured to execute specific instructions,

receiving, from a client computing device, a request for network content, the network content comprising shared content and unique content, wherein the shared content is permitted to be accessed by two or more users and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by an authenticated user;

identifying the shared content and the unique content based on metadata included in a network identifier associated with the request, wherein the metadata identifies the shared content and the unique content;

obtaining the shared content from at least one of a local cache component or a network content provider, the shared content associated with a shared content security parameter;

obtaining the unique content from the network content provider, the unique content associated with a unique content security parameter different from the shared content security parameter;

processing the shared and unique content in response to the request; and

transmitting the processed shared and unique content.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content based on metadata is performed at least in part by executable code, generated by server system, executing on the client computing device.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the unique content is not permitted to be maintained at a network cache component.

24. A system comprising one or more server computing devices, the system configured to at least:

obtain, from a client computing device, a request for a network resource comprising shared content and unique content, wherein the shared content is permitted to be accessed by a plurality of entities, and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by a subset of the plurality of entities;

identify the shared content and unique content;

obtain the shared content, wherein the shared content is associated with at least one security parameter;

obtain the unique content from at least one network resource, wherein the unique content is associated with at least one security parameter different from the security parameter associated with the shared content;

process the shared and unique content; and

transmit the processed shared and unique content.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to obtain the shared content from a local cache of the one or more server computing devices.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to obtain the shared content from a network content provider separate from the one or more server computing devices.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to identify the shared content and unique content based on information included in a network identifier.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the information included in the network identifier indicates how the shared content and unique content can be combined.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the information included in the network identifier comprises indexing information for combining shared content and unique content.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to identify the shared content and unique content based on information received from a network content provider separate from the one or more server computing devices.

31. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to identify the shared content and unique content based on information generated by code executing on the client computing device.

32. The system of claim 24, wherein the unique content is not permitted to be maintained at a network cache component.

33. The system of claim 24, wherein the shared content includes one of a document, video file, or audio file.

34. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as executed by a server system comprising one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions,

obtaining, from a client computing device, a request for a network resource comprising shared content and unique content;

identifying the shared content and unique content;

obtaining the shared content, wherein the shared content is associated with at least one security parameter;

obtaining the unique content from at least one network resource, wherein the unique content is associated with at least one security parameter different from the security parameter associated with the shared content;

processing the shared and unique content; and

transmitting the processed shared and unique content.

35. The computer-implemented method of claim 34, wherein the shared content can be accessed by two or more users, and wherein the unique content is permitted to be accessed by only a single user.

36. The computer-implemented method of claim 34, wherein the unique content is not permitted to be maintained at a network cache component.

37. The computer-implemented method of claim 34, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content is based at least partly on information included in a network identifier.

38. The computer-implemented method of claim 37, wherein the information included in the network identifier indicates how the shared content and unique content can be combined.

39. The computer-implemented method of claim 38, wherein the information included in the network identifier comprises indexing information for combining shared content and unique content.

40. The computer-implemented method of claim 34, further comprising providing executable code for identifying shared content and unique content, wherein identifying the shared content and unique content is based at least partly on information generated by the executable code executing on the client computing device.