Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Content delivery network with deep caching infrastructure
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Application No.: US14537733Application Date: 2014-11-10
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Publication No.: US09871881B2Publication Date: 2018-01-16
- Inventor: James Q. Crowe , John F. Waters, Jr. , Andrew Dugan , Christopher Newton , Laurence Lipstone , Kenneth Brookman , Joseph Lawrence , Andrew Swart , David Fullagar , Kevin Paul
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; H04L29/12

Abstract:
Embodiments herein include methods and systems for use in delivering resources to a client device over a local network. An exemplary system comprises a plurality of caching devices operable to cache resources on behalf of a plurality of content providers, and a local caching device communicatively situated between an access network and the client device, wherein the access network is communicably situated between the plurality of caching devices and the local caching device. The local caching device is operable to retrieve a requested resource from at least one of the plurality of caching devices, deliver the requested resource to the client device over the local network, and store the requested resource for future requests by other client devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150067092A1 CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK WITH DEEP CACHING INFRASTRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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