Managing content delivery network service providers

• US 9,590,946 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Richardson, David R., Marshall, Bradley Eugene, Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan, Saraf, Tal
• Primary Examiner(s): SALL, EL HADJI MALICK
• Application Number:
  US15/003,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20160142367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226, 709/223, 709/200, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17306 Intercommunication techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/35 containing special prefixes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• 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 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network

Abstract

A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider updates request processing information based on the process requests for content. The network storage provider then makes a recommendation regarding initialization of a CDN service provider as a function of the updated request processing information. Subsequent client computing device requests for resources can be provided to the recommended CDN service provider utilizing alternative resource identifiers.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,

obtaining information associated with processing of a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device;

updating request processing information corresponding to a resource associated with the DNS query; and

generating a recommendation regarding use of a content delivery network (CDN) service provider for providing the resource in the future based at least in part on the updated request processing information.

2. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein a universal resource locator (URL) corresponding to the DNS query includes at least one field identifying the resource that can be identified during processing of the DNS query.

3. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 2, wherein the at least one field is in a DNS portion of the DNS query.

4. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 2 further comprising parsing the DNS query to identify the resource during processing of the DNS query.

5. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4, wherein updating the request processing information comprises updating the request processing information responsive to processing the DNS query.

6. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request processing information includes at least one of a total number of requests obtained from client computing devices for the resource over a defined period of time, trends regarding an increase in requests from client computing devices for the resource, trends regarding a decrease in requests from client computing devices for the resource, or a current financial cost associated with the delivery of the resource.

7. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the recommendation regarding use of a CDN service provider corresponds to an identification of one or more CDN service providers to process subsequent requests for the resource.

8. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining information indicative of subsequent client computing device requests for the resource;

updating the request processing information corresponding to the subsequent requests for the resource; and

generating an alternative recommendation regarding use of a service provider based at least in part on the updated request processing information.

9. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 8, wherein the alternative recommendation regarding use of a service provider includes a recommendation to cease a utilization of an existing CDN service provider.

10. A system comprising:

a data store operative to maintain request processing information corresponding to requested resources;

one or more storage components operative to store resources and provide the resources in response to client computing device requests; and

a storage management component operative to;

obtain information associated with processing of a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device;

update the request processing information maintained in the data store corresponding to a resource associated with the DNS query; and

generate a recommendation regarding use of a content delivery network (CDN) service provider for providing the resource in the future based at least in part on the updated request processing information.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein a universal resource locator (URL) corresponding to the DNS query includes at least one field identifying the resource that can be identified during processing of the DNS query.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one field is in a DNS portion of the DNS query.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the storage management component is further operative to parse the DNS query to identify the resource during processing of the DNS query.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein updating the request processing information comprises updating the request processing information responsive to processing the DNS query.

15. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the request processing information includes at least one of a total number of requests obtained from client computing devices for the resource over a defined period of time, trends regarding an increase in requests from client computing devices for the resource, trends regarding a decrease in requests from client computing devices for the resource, or a current financial cost associated with the delivery of the resource by the one or more storage components.

16. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the recommendation regarding use of a content delivery network (CDN) service provider corresponds to an identification of one or more CDN service providers to process subsequent requests for the resource.

17. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the storage management component is further operative to:

obtain information indicative of subsequent client computing device requests for a resource;

update the request processing information maintained in the data store corresponding to the subsequent requests for the resource; and

generate an alternative recommendation regarding use of a service provider based at least in part on the updated request processing information.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the alternative recommendation regarding use of a service provider includes a recommendation to cease a utilization of an existing CDN service provider.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by one or more computing devices of a network storage provider configured with specific executable instructions, the network storage provider storing and providing resources on behalf of a content provider, the content provider originally providing the resources,

obtaining information associated with processing of a client computing device request for a resource, wherein the request comprises a DNS query, wherein the DNS query comprises a uniform resource locator (URL);

identifying the resource associated with the DNS query;

determining a content delivery network (CDN) service provider for providing the resource based on the identification of the resource; and

cause use of the determined CDN service provider for providing the resource.

20. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 19, wherein the URL includes at least one field identifying the resource.

21. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 20, wherein the at least one field is in a DNS portion of the DNS query.

22. The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 19, wherein causing use of the determined CDN service provider comprises initializing the CDN service provider without requiring additional interaction from the content provider.