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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher Newton, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Laurence R. Lipstone, Calabasas, CA (US);
Hong Zhu, Moorpark, CA (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, operable on a device in a content delivery network (CDN), wherein the CDN delivers content on behalf of at least one content provider, the device implementing a content delivery (CD) service, the method includes receiving a request from a client for particular content; determining a second device in the CDN, the first device being in a first cluster and the second device being in a second cluster distinct from the first cluster; migrating the request to the second device; and then providing the second device with network traffic from the client.