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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Brian W. Joe, West New York, NY (US);
Dante John Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
Matthew John Threefoot, Columbia, MD (US);
Takkin G. Yum, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may receive a content distribution network (CDN) routing table from a topology manager; receive a request, from a device in either of a redirect CDN or a domain name system (DNS), to identify a target CDN for sending content to a user device; perform a lookup in the CDN routing table, based on information provided by the device and CDN selection policies, to select the target CDN; obtain an identifier corresponding to the target CDN as a result of performing the lookup; and provide the identifier to the device.