NETWORK FOR PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK SELECTION

• US 20170012878A1
• Filed: 07/07/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,954,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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;

receiving a request for content from a user device;

determining, in response to receiving the request for content, a location of the user device;

selecting, based on the location of the user device and based on a content type associated with the content, a first content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first content delivery network is selected from a plurality of content delivery networks; and

providing, in response to the request and by utilizing the first content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining, based on the request for the content, the content type associated with the content.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining, after determining the content type associated with the content, the content that is to be provided to the user device from a shared content source that is shared by the plurality of content delivery networks.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining a quality-of-service required for servicing the request for the content.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the first content delivery network of the plurality of content delivery networks based on the quality-of-service required for servicing the request for the content.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a node in the first content delivery network to service the request for the content received from the user device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise storing a record of the content and services stored in a shared content source containing the content.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a second content delivery network of the plurality of networks to service the request when a first network congestion level for the first content delivery network is greater than a second network congestion level for the second content delivery network.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of content delivery networks comprise an internet protocol television network, a satellite network, a cable network, an optical network, a wireless network, or any combination thereof.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving a request for content from a user device;

determining, in response to receiving the request for content, a location of the user device;

selecting, based on the location of the user device and based on a content type associated with the content, a first content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first content delivery network is selected from a plurality of content delivery networks, wherein the first content delivery network is selected by utilizing instructions from memory that are executed by a processor; and

providing, in response to the request and by utilizing the first content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining, based on the request for the content, the content type associated with the content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising obtaining, after determining the content type associated with the content, the content that is to be provided to the user device from a shared content source that is shared by the plurality of content delivery networks.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining an amount of bandwidth required for servicing the request for the content.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising selecting the first content delivery network of the plurality of content delivery networks based on the first content delivery network having an available bandwidth that is at least as great as the amount of bandwidth required for servicing the request for the content.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the first content delivery network based on the first content delivery network not being under a denial-of-service attack.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting a second content delivery network to service the request if the user device is moved outside a range of the first content delivery network.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the first content delivery network based on a type of service requested for servicing the request for the content.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising obtaining the content that is to be provided to the user device from a shared content source that is shared by the plurality of content delivery networks.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting a second content delivery network of the plurality of networks to service the request when a first network congestion level for the first content delivery network is greater than a second network congestion level for the second content delivery network.

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

receiving a request for content from a user device;

determining, in response to receiving the request for content, a location of the user device;

selecting, based on the location of the user device and based on a content type associated with the content, a first content delivery network suited to provide the content to the user device, wherein the first content delivery network is selected from a plurality of content delivery networks; and

providing, in response to the request and by utilizing the first content delivery network that is suited to provide the content to the user device, the content to the user device.