Method and apparatus for parameterized promotion and delivery of data

摘要

The invention includes a method and apparatus for promoting a data item within a data distribution network. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring at least one parameter for the data item where the data item is associated with an application or service, propagating the data item from a first data server toward a second data server based on the monitoring of the at least one parameter for the data item, and propagating, toward at least one device, a message indicative of the propagation of the data item from the first data server toward the second data server. The message is for adapting the at least one device to identify the second data server as a source of the data item capable of serving future requests for the data item.

主权项

1. An apparatus for promoting a data item within a data distribution network, comprising:
a processor configured to:
monitor at least one parameter for the data item, wherein the data item is stored on a first data server of the data distribution network, wherein the at least one parameter comprises a number of requests for the data item; andwhen a determination is made, based on monitoring of the at least one parameter, that an increase in the number of requests for the data item causes an associated threshold to be satisfied, initiate a process for promoting the data item from being stored on the first data server to being stored on a second data server of the data distribution network, wherein promotion of the data item is in a direction from an edge region of the data distribution network toward a core region of the data distribution network.