Reconfigurable download manager
    12.
    发明授权
    Reconfigurable download manager 有权
    可重新配置的下载管理器

    公开(公告)号:US08719381B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-06

    申请号:US12898688

    申请日:2010-10-05

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable tool for managing the downloading of content from, while reporting information to, various content providers and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) through a single installed instance of the reconfigurable tool. In some embodiments, the tool includes a container application that is used to download content that is supplied by various content providers. The tool also includes a configuration file. The configuration file configures operation of the application to download content from a particular content host. The configuration also specifies reporting parameters that identify what information to report, when to report the information, and to whom the information is reported as part of the content download. Using this tool, content providers and CDNs are able to provide customizable and unique user experiences without modifying the code base of the application and without having to develop and maintain their own proprietary download manager applications.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供用于管理内容的重新配置工具,同时通过可重新配置工具的单个安装的实例向各种内容提供者和内容递送网络(CDN)报告信息。 在一些实施例中,该工具包括用于下载由各种内容提供商提供的内容的容器应用程序。 该工具还包括一个配置文件。 配置文件配置应用程序的操作以从特定内容主机下载内容。 该配置还指定报告参数,用于标识要报告的信息,何时报告信息,以及信息作为内容下载的一部分报告给谁。 使用此工具,内容提供商和CDN能够提供可定制和独特的用户体验,而无需修改应用程序的代码库,而无需开发和维护自己的专有下载管理器应用程序。

    Bandwidth Modification for Transparent Capacity Management in a Carrier Network
    13.
    发明申请
    Bandwidth Modification for Transparent Capacity Management in a Carrier Network 有权
    载波网络中透明容量管理的带宽修改

    公开(公告)号:US20120120818A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-17

    申请号:US12947755

    申请日:2010-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26 H04L12/12

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a capacity management agent that modifies bandwidth that is allocated between an end user and a carrier network by caching requested content that is streamed at a first rate and then providing the cached content to the end user through the carrier network at a second rate. The agent performs a process that includes receiving data intended for a service region of the carrier network from an external data network. The process identifies resource availability at the service region. Next, the process passes the data to the service region at the first rate when the resource availability at the service region is not less than a threshold amount and caches the data for passing to the service region at the second rate that consumes fewer carrier network resource than the first rate when the resource availability at the service region is less than the threshold amount.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供一种容量管理代理,其通过高速缓存以第一速率流式传输的所请求的内容,然后以第二速率通过运营商网络向最终用户提供高速缓存的内容,从而修改在最终用户和运营商网络之间分配的带宽 。 代理执行包括从外部数据网络接收旨在用于运营商网络的服务区域的数据的处理。 该过程确定服务区域的资源可用性。 接下来,当服务区域的资源可用性不小于阈值量时,该过程以第一速率将数据传递到服务区域,并以消耗较少载波网络资源的第二速率高速缓存用于传递到服务区域的数据 比服务区域的资源可用性小于阈值量时的第一速率。

    Request Modification for Transparent Capacity Management in a Carrier Network
    14.
    发明申请
    Request Modification for Transparent Capacity Management in a Carrier Network 有权
    要求修改运营商网络中的透明容量管理

    公开(公告)号:US20120120800A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-17

    申请号:US12947753

    申请日:2010-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04W28/02

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a capacity management agent that modifies content requests to adjust bandwidth consumption when streaming requested content from a content provider to a requesting user. The modifications include modifying a URL or header information of the request. The agent performs a process that receives a request for content of a content provider. The process identifies a parameter of the carrier network and modifies the request when the parameter satisfies a threshold. The process passes the request to the content provider and the content provider provides content that consumes a first set of resources in response to an unmodified request and a second set of resources in response to a modified request. When the parameter identifies congestion, the first set of resources is greater than the second set of resources. When the condition parameter identifies underutilization, the first set of resources is less than the second set of resources.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供了一种容量管理代理,其在将请求的内容从内容提供商流向请求的用户时,修改内容请求以调整带宽消耗。 修改包括修改请求的URL或头信息。 代理执行接收对内容提供商的内容的请求的处理。 该过程标识载波网络的参数,并且当该参数满足阈值时修改该请求。 该过程将请求传递给内容提供商,并且内容提供者响应于修改的请求而提供响应于未修改的请求和第二组资源而消耗第一组资源的内容。 当参数识别拥塞时,第一组资源大于第二组资源。 当condition参数标识未充分利用时,第一组资源小于第二组资源。

    Network Connection Hand-Off and Hand-Back
    16.
    发明申请
    Network Connection Hand-Off and Hand-Back 有权
    网络连接切换和回退

    公开(公告)号:US20140095592A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-03

    申请号:US14099272

    申请日:2013-12-06

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a director agent, a server agent, and a specialized hand-off protocol for improving scalability and resource usage within a server farm. A first network connection is established between a client and the director agent in order to receive a content request from the client from which to select a server from a set of servers that is responsible for hosting the requested content. A second network connection is established between the server agent that is associated with the selected server and a protocol stack of the selected server. The first network connection is handed-off to the server agent using the specialized hand-off protocol. The server agent performs network connection state parameter transformations between the two connections to create a network connection through which content can be passed from the selected server to the client without passing through the director.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供了一个导演代理,一个服务器代理和一个专门的切换协议,用于改进服务器场内的可扩展性和资源使用。 在客户机和导演代理之间建立第一网络连接,以便从负责托管所请求的内容的一组服务器中从客户端接收内容请求,从该服务器中选择一个服务器。 在与所选择的服务器相关联的服务器代理和所选服务器的协议栈之间建立第二网络连接。 使用专门的切换协议将第一个网络连接切换到服务器代理。 服务器代理在两个连接之间执行网络连接状态参数转换,以创建网络连接,通过该网络连接,内容可以从选定的服务器传递到客户端,而不通过导演。

    Bandwidth modification for transparent capacity management in a carrier network
    17.
    发明授权
    Bandwidth modification for transparent capacity management in a carrier network 有权
    对运营商网络中的透明容量管理进行带宽修改

    公开(公告)号:US08559326B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-15

    申请号:US12947755

    申请日:2010-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a capacity management agent that modifies bandwidth that is allocated between an end user and a carrier network by caching requested content that is streamed at a first rate and then providing the cached content to the end user through the carrier network at a second rate. The agent performs a process that includes receiving data intended for a service region of the carrier network from an external data network. The process identifies resource availability at the service region. Next, the process passes the data to the service region at the first rate when the resource availability at the service region is not less than a threshold amount and caches the data for passing to the service region at the second rate that consumes fewer carrier network resource than the first rate when the resource availability at the service region is less than the threshold amount.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供一种容量管理代理,其通过高速缓存以第一速率流式传输的所请求的内容,然后以第二速率通过运营商网络向最终用户提供高速缓存的内容,从而修改在最终用户和运营商网络之间分配的带宽 。 代理执行包括从外部数据网络接收旨在用于运营商网络的服务区域的数据的处理。 该过程确定服务区域的资源可用性。 接下来,当服务区域的资源可用性不小于阈值量时,该过程以第一速率将数据传递到服务区域,并以消耗较少载波网络资源的第二速率高速缓存用于传递到服务区域的数据 比服务区域的资源可用性小于阈值量时的第一速率。

    Discrete Mapping for Targeted Caching
    18.
    发明申请
    Discrete Mapping for Targeted Caching 有权
    用于目标缓存的离散映射

    公开(公告)号:US20120124184A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-17

    申请号:US12947749

    申请日:2010-11-16

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177

    摘要: Some embodiments provide systems and methods for implementing discrete mapping for targeted caching in a carrier network. In some embodiments, discrete mapping is implemented using a method that caches content from a content provider to a caching server. The method modifies a DNS entry at a particular DNS server to resolve a request that identifies either a hostname or a domain for the content provider to an address of the caching server so that the requested content is passed from the cached content of the caching server and not the source content provider. In some embodiments, the particular DNS server is a recursive DNS server, a local DNS server of the carrier network, or a DNS server that is not authoritative for the hostname or domain of the content provider.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供了用于实现用于运营商网络中的目标缓存的离散映射的系统和方法。 在一些实施例中,使用将内容从内容提供商缓存到高速缓存服务器的方法来实现离散映射。 该方法修改特定DNS服务器上的DNS条目以解析将内容提供商的主机名或域标识到缓存服务器的地址的请求,以便从缓存服务器的缓存内容传递所请求的内容,以及 不是源内容提供商。 在一些实施例中,特定DNS服务器是递归DNS服务器,运营商网络的本地DNS服务器,或对于内容提供商的主机名或域不具有权威性的DNS服务器。

    Capacity sharing in a federation of distributed platforms
    19.
    发明授权
    Capacity sharing in a federation of distributed platforms 有权
    分布式平台联盟中的容量共享

    公开(公告)号:US09438444B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-06

    申请号:US13226261

    申请日:2011-09-06

    IPC分类号: H04L12/42 H04L29/12

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a capacity exchange whereby capacity from different content delivery networks (CDNs) can be bought, sold, and traded. The capacity exchange is part of an “Open CDN” platform. The Open CDN platform federates the independent operation of CDNs and other operators of and service providers to distributed platforms participating in the Open CDN platform so that each participant can (1) dynamically scale its capacity without incurring additional infrastructure costs, (2) expand its service into previously untapped geographic regions without physically establishing points of presence (POPs) at those geographic regions, and (3) reduce sunk costs associated with unused capacity of already deployed infrastructure by selling that unused capacity to other participants that are in need of additional capacity. The Open CDN platform includes one or more APIs for facilitating intercommunication between the federation participants by performing configuration mapping, command interoperability, traffic management, and reporting aggregation.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供容量交换,从而可以购买,出售和交易来自不同内容传送网络(CDN)的容量。 容量交换是“开放CDN”平台的一部分。 开放CDN平台将CDN和其他运营商和服务提供商的独立运作联合到参与Open CDN平台的分布式平台上,使每个参与者能够(1)动态扩展其容量,而不会招致额外的基础架构成本,(2)扩展其服务 进入先前尚未开发的地理区域,而不在这些地理区域实际建立存在点(POPs),以及(3)通过将未使用的能力出售给需要额外容量的其他参与者来减少已经部署的基础设施的未使用容量的沉没成本。 Open CDN平台包括一个或多个API,用于通过执行配置映射,命令互操作性,流量管理和报告聚合来促进联盟参与者之间的相互通信。

    Intercommunication in the open content delivery network federation
    20.
    发明授权
    Intercommunication in the open content delivery network federation 有权
    开放内容传送网络联盟的互通

    公开(公告)号:US08914814B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-16

    申请号:US13226273

    申请日:2011-09-06

    IPC分类号: G06F9/54

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a capacity exchange whereby capacity from different content delivery networks (CDNs) can be bought, sold, and traded. The capacity exchange is part of an “Open CDN” platform. The Open CDN platform federates the independent operation of CDNs and other operators and service providers to distributed platforms participating in the Open CDN platform. The Open CDN platform includes one or more APIs for facilitating intercommunication between the federation participants by performing configuration mapping, command interoperability, traffic management, and reporting aggregation.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施例提供容量交换,从而可以购买,出售和交易来自不同内容传送网络(CDN)的容量。 容量交换是“开放CDN”平台的一部分。 Open CDN平台将CDN和其他运营商和服务提供商的独立操作联合到参与Open CDN平台的分布式平台。 Open CDN平台包括一个或多个API,用于通过执行配置映射,命令互操作性,流量管理和报告聚合来促进联盟参与者之间的相互通信。