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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Michael M. Gordon, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Nathan F. Raciborski, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael D. Maddux, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Jon B. Corley, Peoria, AZ (US);
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method for transferring content across a content delivery network (CDN) may include receiving a notification of a request. The request may include a client identifier and a content identifier. The method may also include accessing one or more global policies applicable to the request. The method may additionally include determining, using the one or more global policies, that a client is eligible to receive content associated with the content identifier from another client; identifying, using the one or more global policies and the content identifier, one or more authorized transfers of at least a portion of the content; identifying one or more eligible clients that are associated with the one or more authorized transfers; and sending a set of client identifiers that are associated with the one or more eligible clients.