Determining a custom content delivery network via an intelligent software-defined network

• US 9,860,339 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• 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: Shaw, Venson, Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Farah, Jeffrey Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Weibin
• Application Number:
  US14/748,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20160380883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/321 Interlayer communication protocols or service data unit [SDU] definitions; Interfaces between layers

Abstract

Determining a custom content delivery network is disclosed. This can comprise determining a custom content delivery network (CCDN) based on information determined by an intelligent software-defined network (ISDN). An ISDN can receive a content request and related information from a user equipment (UE). The ISDN can determine CCDN information that can be employed to provision a transport network corresponding to the CCDN information. The transport network can be customized based on the content request and the related information. Moreover, as the related information changes, the transport network can be correspondingly updated. Some embodiments disclose an ISDN operating on a virtual machine in a cloud-computing environment.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving a request for delivery of first content from a user equipment;

receiving profile information related to a condition associated with the user equipment;

determining first transport network information based on the request and the profile information;

facilitating access to the first transport network information to enable the user equipment to access at least a first portion of the first content via a first transport network of first devices provisioned based on the first transport network information;

obtaining updated profile information representing an update to the profile information, wherein the update to the profile information results from the condition of the user equipment having changed to an updated condition of the user equipment; and

facilitating access to second transport network information to enable the user equipment to access second content via a second transport network of second devices provisioned in response to determining that the first transport network information has changed based on the updated profile information, wherein the second content is associated with the request for delivery of the first content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user equipment is a mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user equipment is not a mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining the first transport network information is performed by a virtual machine of a network device of the system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining the first transport network information comprises determining whether a rule related to a bandwidth constraint determined from the profile information is satisfied.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise updating the first transport network information in response to determining the profile information has been changed to the updated profile information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the obtaining the updated profile information is triggered by an event associated with the user equipment.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the obtaining the updated profile information is triggered by a recurring event.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining the first transport network information further comprises receiving network segment information related to a network segment from a network segment information data store.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, content request information related to receiving first content at a user equipment;

receiving, by the system, profile information related to an environment associated with the content request information;

determining, by the system, first transport network information based on the content request information and the profile information;

facilitating, by the system, access to the first transport network information to enable provisioning of the user equipment based on the first transport network information; and

facilitating, by the system, access to second transport network information to enable reprovisioning of the user equipment in response to determining a change in the profile information related to a change in the environment associated with the content request information, wherein the facilitating the access to the second transport network information enables access to second content associated with the content request information, and wherein the receiving the first content is via a first transport network that is different than a second transport network associated with the access to the second content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user equipment is a mobile device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the method is performed at least in part by a virtual machine executing on the system.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising adapting, by the system, the profile information and in response to the profile information being determined to have been adapted, adapting, by the system, the first transport network information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the adapting the profile information is in response to an environment associated with the user equipment being determined to have changed.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the adapting the profile information is part of an iterative loop that adapts the profile information.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the adapting the profile is in response to an interaction with a user equipment being determined to have changed.

17. A first device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

generating a content request;

enabling access to the content request by a second device;

enabling access to device status information related to a characteristic associated with the first device;

receiving first content associated with the content request via a first transport network device of a first transport network provisioned in response to determined network segment information, wherein the determined network segment information is based on the content request and the device status information; and

receiving second content associated with the first content request via a second transport network device of a second transport network provisioned in response to the determined network segment information changing to updated determined network segment information, wherein the updated determined network segment information is based on the content request and updated device status information, and wherein the updated device status information results from an update to the device status information.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the first device is a mobile device.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein the second device comprises a virtual machine operating on a remote server comprising a processor, and wherein the receiving the first content via the first transport network device comprises the first transport network being provisioned in response to the determined network segment information determined by the virtual machine.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the first device is not a mobile device.