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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Aamer Hydrie, Seattle, WA (US);
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez Rodriguez, Barcelona, ES;
Rebecca C. Weiss, Vienna, VA (US);
Aamer Hydrie, Seattle, WA (US);
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez Rodriguez, Barcelona, ES;
Rebecca C. Weiss, Vienna, VA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention describes a control node for a content distribution network and a method of automatically verifying content distributed over a network at a node in the network. In the method, a content description is received which comprises a content identifier, a publisher identifier, publisher authorization information and content checking information. The integrity and validity of this information are checked and if both the checks are passed, the content description is stored.