Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reusing data in content files
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Application No.: US14842532Application Date: 2015-09-01
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Publication No.: US09294529B1Publication Date: 2016-03-22
- Inventor: David Marwood , Stephen M. Lacy , Kyle Kakligian
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An embodiment for reusing data in content files includes receiving a request for a content file and retrieving a recipe that includes a series of instructions needed to compose the content file. Data identified by the recipe may then be retrieved from a content file server and the requested content file is composed based on the set of instructions in the recipe. In an example, the recipe is processed by a recipe player to compose a content file. In another embodiment, content files are stored in a cache as a series of instructions for generating them from portions of other content files. In this way, performance in a content delivery network may be improved by reusing similar data in content files.
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