Content delivery network with customized tracking of delivery data

摘要

A custom tracking system can provide functionality for operators of content sites to specify types of content delivery data to be tracked in a content delivery network. The custom tracking system can propagate operator tracking preferences to edge nodes in the content delivery network, such as delivery servers, which can track delivery data according to the preferences. The custom tracking system can use one or more tracking filters to reduce the storage burden of certain tracking requests while still providing relevant results. The custom tracking system can output results of the custom tracking for presentation to the content site operator.

主权项

1. A method of allowing an operator of a content site to specify content delivery statistics to be gathered by a content delivery network, the method comprising:
hosting content associated with a content site on a content delivery network, the content delivery network comprising one or more delivery servers operative to deliver the content to end users of the content site; outputting a custom tracking user interface for presentation to the operator of the content site with one or more processors, the custom tracking user interface providing functionality for the operator of the content site to specify one or more types of content delivery data to be tracked by the content delivery network and to specify one or more data sources for tracking the selected type of content delivery data; receiving a custom tracking request from the content site operator with the custom tracking user interface, the custom tracking request identifying a selected type of content delivery data to be tracked and one or more selected data sources for tracking the selected type of content delivery data, wherein the selected one or more data sources comprise one or both of an HTTP cookie and an HTTP header; instructing the one or more delivery servers to track the selected type of content delivery data using the specified one or more data sources; receiving content delivery data from the one or more delivery servers responsive to said instructing; and outputting a reporting user interface comprising at least a portion of the content delivery data for presentation to the content site operator.