CONTENT DELIVERY RECONCILIATION

摘要

A system and method for management and processing of resource requests are provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device corresponding to a requested resource from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider associates the requested content into a set of content segments. For each content segment, the content delivery network service provider identifies the network address of a registered content provider, such as peer computing device, and a cache component of the content delivery service provider. The content delivery network service provider also provides tokens for requesting the content from a registered content provider. The client computing device obtains the content from the registered content providers and/or the cache component of the content delivery network service provider. Thereafter, the content delivery network service provider reconciles with the registered content providers for content provided to client computing devices.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, by a content delivery network (CDN) provider, a request for content from a client device; identifying a content provider for providing at least a portion of the requested content, wherein the content provider is independent of the CDN provider, responsive to the request for content, providing, by the CDN provider, client device reconciliation information and at least one network address of the content provider for the at least a portion of the requested content, wherein the client device reconciliation information includes information used for providing information to the content provider; obtaining, by the CDN provider, a reconciliation request for providing the at least a portion of the requested content to a requesting client device, wherein the reconciliation request includes content provider reconciliation information; and reconciling, by the CDN provider, the reconciliation request in accordance with the reconciliation information.