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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventor:

Christopher Newton, Westlake Village, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sandpiper CDN, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 69/04 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 69/04 (2013.01);
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, by the service on the device: receiving a request for a particular resource from a client; determining whether the client includes an optimization support mechanism; when the client includes an optimization support mechanism, providing the client with a first version of the particular resource, optimized, at least in part, for the capabilities of the client in combination with the optimization support mechanism; otherwise providing the client with either (i) an un-optimized version of the particular resource, or (ii) a version of the particular resource optimized, at least in part, for the capabilities of the client without the capabilities of the optimization support mechanism.


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