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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Lewis Robert Varney, Oak Park, CA (US);
Laurence R. Lipstone, Calabasas, CA (US);
William Crowder, Camarillo, CA (US);
Andrew Swart, Pennington, NJ (US);
Christopher Newton, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method operable in a content delivery network (CDN), includes receiving a request a service in said CDN; determining a particular classification of an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with said request, said determining using a first function that maps IP addresses to one or more classifications, said particular classification being one of said one or more classifications; and processing said request based on said particular classification of said IP address associated with said request. A location-specific response to a request may be based on a geographic location associated with said IP address associated with said request.