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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
John Scharber, Placerville, CA (US);
Jacob Roersma, Ada, MI (US);
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
In various aspects, provided herein are systems, methods and computer-program products for delivering content objects over the Internet from a content delivery network to end-user systems. The systems, methods and products described herein optionally utilize one or more techniques for reducing the delay associated with obtaining non-cached content objects from their respective origin servers, including by re-using existing open connections, by making use of a TCP hand-off technique and by transmitting updates to system digests simultaneous with the exchange of keepalive signals between servers.