发明名称 Devices And Methods Supporting Content Delivery With Adaptation Services With Feedback
摘要 A device supporting content delivery is configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services. The plurality of CD services include adaptation services with feedback.
申请公布号 US2014173030(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.06.19
申请号 US201313839400 申请日期 2013.03.15
申请人 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 发明人 Varney Lewis Robert;Lipstone Laurence R.;Crowder William;Swart Andrew;Newton Christopher
分类号 H04L29/08 主分类号 H04L29/08
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A computer-implemented method, operable in a system comprising a plurality of computers, each computer comprising hardware including memory and at least one processor, each computer configured to run at least two content delivery (CD) services of a plurality of CD services, wherein said CD services include: adaptation services and control services, and wherein at least some of said plurality of computers run control services, and wherein said CD services further include collector services, and wherein at least some of said CD services produce event output relating to their respective operation; and wherein at least some of said computers run collector services, and wherein said at least some of said computers running collector services comprise a collector services network; the method comprising, on a particular computer of said plurality of computers, and using hardware, including memory and at least one processor, of said particular computer: (a) by a first CD service on said particular computer: (a)(1) generating first information relating to operation of said first service; and(a)(2) providing at least some of said first information to at least one collector service in said collector services network; and (b) by a second CD service on said particular computer: (b)(1) obtaining service configuration information from said control services;(b)(2) controlling CD services on said device based on said service configuration information, wherein said second service controls said first service based on first service configuration information obtained by said second service, wherein said first service configuration information is based on said first information provided by said first service in (a)(2), wherein (A) at least some of said event output from at least some of said CD services is provided to at least one other CD service, said at least one other CD service comprising at least one collector service in said collector services network; and wherein (B) said collector services network provides state information to said control services, said state information being based on said event input from said CD services, and wherein (C) at least some of said control services provide control information to said CD services, at least some of said control information being based on state information from the collector services network.
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