LOCALITY BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION

摘要

A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.

主权项

1. A method for managing content comprising:
associating, by a content provider, content into a set of content segments; associating a distribution network into a set of subnetworks, wherein each subnetwork includes one or more content sources; obtaining, by the content provider, registration requests from third party computing devices; associating the third party computing devices as registered content providers; identifying a subnetwork in the distribution network corresponding to each registered content provider; identifying, by the content provider, content previously downloaded by the third party content providers; and distributing the content so that the set of content segments is hosted by the one or more content sources in each subnetwork in the distribution network.