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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Eric Cadwell, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jon B. Corley, Peoria, AZ (US);
Mohan I. Kokal, Peoria, AZ (US);
Tamara Monson, Tempe, AZ (US);
Eric Cadwell, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jon B. Corley, Peoria, AZ (US);
Mohan I. Kokal, Peoria, AZ (US);
Tamara Monson, Tempe, AZ (US);
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for delivering content objects over the Internet to an end user system with a content delivery network (CDN) is disclosed. Content objects may be dynamically served by loading and/or reconfiguring publishing points upon receipt of an end user request. When an end-user media player requests a content object, the request is assigned to an edge server within a particular POP of the CDN. An optional peer-discovery algorithm may determine a content source for the requested content object within the CDN. The peer-discovery algorithm determines whether the publishing point associated with the requested object is loaded into the edge server. Alternatively, the algorithm queries other edge servers within or remote from the POP to determine whether the request is mapped by other edge servers to a content source using their respective publishing points. The edge server may reconfigure its publishing point toward the content source.