Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Yahoo Assets LLC

Thomas Van Chung Ng

Amit Agarwal

Michael Chen

Igor Nekrestyanov

Sreekanth Mamidala

Timothy M Perrett

Abhishek Ghag

Nam Nguyen

In the embodiments, a novel prefetch service implemented on a prefetch server is provided to execute content (either targeted or selected) fetch requests in parallel with other requests thereby reducing the overall latency of a content delivery system. In some aspects, a method is provided to receive a prefetch request to prefetch a targeted content item to be presented prior to presenting a primary content item on a user device, the prefetch request including prefetch request parameters; generate, a callback URL associated with the prefetch request; transmit, to a primary content server, the callback URL; obtain a targeted content configuration corresponding to the prefetch request parameters; obtain the targeted content item based on the targeted content configuration; receive, a request to provide the targeted content item, the request including the callback URL; and transmit the targeted content item.

Method and system for prefetching targeted content

A client device forwards data about itself to an update device. The client metadata may identify hardware components included in the client, software being executed by the client, or other information, such as a geographic location associated with the client device and/or account information for associated operator. The update device determines metadata regarding various software updates, such as data identifying different versions of available updates and logical rules for selecting among the versions. The update device selects specific update versions for the client device, and forwards data identifying the selected updates to the client device. The client device uses the identifying data to locate and obtain the identified updates. The client device may access the updates via a content delivery network that schedules delivery of the updates to the client device.

Software updates using client self-reporting and a hierarchical data structure

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Thomas Van Chung Ng