CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN)

    公开(公告)号:US20190037044A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16073651

    申请日:2016-03-01

    IPC分类号: H04L29/08

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a method and request router (RR) to optimize content distribution in a Content Distribution Network (CDN) avoiding (unnecessary traffic towards the Content Provider) requesting the content to the origin server when the content is already available in one of the Delivery Nodes of the CDN. This is achieved by providing a path to a delivery node (DN) caching a requested content, in a content delivery network (CDN) comprising a plurality of DNs. The method comprises selecting a first DN caching the requested content. Upon determination that the first DN (90-1) has reached a maximum capacity, the method comprises selecting a second DN (90-2), which is not caching the requested content, for caching the requested content. The method comprises providing instructions, for use by the second DN, to fetch the requested content from the first DN using a reserved interface and providing a path to the second DN.

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) BASED ENHANCED RESOLUTION CONTENT DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20200374573A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16966260

    申请日:2018-03-01

    申请人: Zhongwen ZHU

    发明人: Zhongwen ZHU

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a method, that can be executed by an edge delivery node, a set-top-box or a user device, for providing to a user a higher resolution media segment by enhancing a low-resolution media segment. The method comprises obtaining the low-resolution media segment; using a neural network operative to enhance media segments to enhance the low-resolution media segment into the higher resolution media segment; and providing the higher resolution media segment to the user.

    SMART DELIVERY NODE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210168415A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US16772874

    申请日:2017-12-19

    申请人: Zhongwen ZHU

    发明人: Zhongwen ZHU

    摘要: A method, Delivery Node, DN, and Content Delivery Network, CDN, are optimized to deliver content of different categories. The DN is operative to receive a request for a content, obtain a determination of whether or not a category of content is associated with the requested content and responsive to the determination that no category of content is associated with the requested content, forward the request for the content towards an origin server and upon receiving a response from the origin server serve the content. The CDN comprises a plurality of DNs, a data processing service operative to obtain, from the DNs, and assemble, data sets into training and validation data formatted to be used for training and validating a Neural Network, NN. The CDN comprises a NN training service, operative to train and validate the NN and a configuration service, operative to configure the plurality of DNs with the trained and validated NN.

    VIRTUAL FIREWALL MOBILITY
    5.
    发明申请
    VIRTUAL FIREWALL MOBILITY 审中-公开
    虚拟防火墙移动

    公开(公告)号:US20140101656A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-10

    申请号:US13648755

    申请日:2012-10-10

    IPC分类号: G06F9/455

    摘要: A cloud management device determines that a virtual machine should be migrated from a first host to a second host, the virtual machine being associated with a virtual service, such as a virtual firewall, in the first host. The cloud management device verifies if functionality corresponding to the virtual service is available in the second host. If the required functionality is not available, a new virtual service is instructed to be instantiated in the second host. State synchronization can be performed between the virtual services in the first and second hosts. The cloud management device instructs the virtual machine to be instantiated in the second host.

    摘要翻译: 云管理设备确定虚拟机应该从第一主机迁移到第二主机,虚拟机与第一主机中的虚拟服务(例如虚拟防火墙)相关联。 云管理设备验证与第二主机中的虚拟服务相对应的功能是否可用。 如果所需的功能不可用,则指示在第二主机中实例化新的虚拟服务。 可以在第一和第二主机中的虚拟服务之间执行状态同步。 云管理设备指示虚拟机在第二主机中被实例化。

    METADATA-DRIVEN BILERATAL INTERACTION BETWEEN AN IPTV CONTROL SERVER AND A MEDIA SERVER DURING CONTENT STREAMING
    7.
    发明申请
    METADATA-DRIVEN BILERATAL INTERACTION BETWEEN AN IPTV CONTROL SERVER AND A MEDIA SERVER DURING CONTENT STREAMING 审中-公开
    IPTV控制服务器与内容流媒体服务器之间的元数据传输双向交互

    公开(公告)号:US20130124745A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:US13297915

    申请日:2011-11-16

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Temporal metadata associated with media content drives bilateral interaction between a media server and an IPTV control server during streaming of that content from the media server. Specifically, the metadata is encoded to indicate, and associate together, a defined point in the media content's presentation timeline and a defined operation, such as the fetching of supplemental media content or the sending of a notification. The media server inspects this metadata and, based on that inspection, notifies the IPTV control server when the defined point has been reached in the context of streaming the media content. Responsive to receiving this notification, the IPTV control server inspects the metadata to identify the operation associated with the notified point in the content's timeline. The IPTV control server then initiates the performance of the identified operation and returns a response to the media server that pertains to such performance.

    摘要翻译: 与媒体内容相关联的时间元数据可以在从媒体服务器传送内容的同时传输媒体服务器与IPTV控制服务器之间的双向交互。 具体地,元数据被编码以指示和关联媒体内容的呈现时间线中的定义点,以及定义的操作,诸如获取补充媒体内容或发送通知。 媒体服务器检查该元数据,并且基于该检查,在流媒体内容的上下文中达到定义的点时,通知IPTV控制服务器。 响应于接收该通知,IPTV控制服务器检查元数据以识别与内容的时间线中的通知点相关联的操作。 然后,IPTV控制服务器发起所识别的操作的性能,并且返回与该性能有关的媒体服务器的响应。

    METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOW-LATENCY, DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER APPLICATION THROUGH AN EDGE CLOUD PLATFORM

    公开(公告)号:US20210160165A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16697981

    申请日:2019-11-27

    申请人: Zhongwen ZHU

    发明人: Zhongwen ZHU

    摘要: The disclosure relates to an Edge Cloud Platform (ECP) and a method executed in the ECP, for providing a low-latency, distributed, multi-user application. The method comprises determining a first location of a first group of users requesting access to the multi-user application and deploying the multi-user application in a first Point of Presence (PoP) in a first Service Provider (SP) domain operative to serve the first group of users. The method comprises determining a second location of a second group of users requesting access to the multi-user application and deploying a proxy of the multi-user application in a second PoP in a second SP domain operative to serve the second group of users. The method comprises, upon determining that a Software License Agreement (SLA) exists between the first and second SPs, establishing a tunnel for linking the multi-user application and the proxy of the multi-user application, thereby providing the low-latency.

    CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN) FOR UPLOADING, CACHING AND DELIVERING USER CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190166223A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US16320617

    申请日:2016-07-25

    申请人: Zhongwen ZHU

    发明人: Zhongwen ZHU

    IPC分类号: H04L29/08

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a system, methods, devices and nodes for managing shared user content. The system comprises a wireless device which is operative to upload the content to be shared to a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Delivery and Caching Node (DCN), which in turn is operative to cache and deliver the shared user content to other wireless devices and network nodes. The system further comprises a CDN management node, operative to manage the storage of the shared user content in the CDN DCN and a network node operative to instruct the wireless device to store the shared user content to the CDN DCN and to retrieve the shared user content from the CDN DCN.