Patent ID: 11956481
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A device, comprising:
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to:
send a discovery message to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network;
receive a capability response from a local cache server in response to sending the discovery message, wherein the capability response indicates topology data for the local cache;
send a request for content to a content delivery network (CDN) including the topology data for the local cache server;
receive a response from the CDN including an address for the content at the local cache server in response to sending the request for the content to the CDN;
send a request for the content to the address for the content at the local cache server;
receive the content from the local cache server in response to the request for the content to the address for the content at the local cache server; and
send a report to the CDN in response to receiving the content from the local cache server,
wherein:
the discovery message is a content delivery protocol (CDP) discovery message;
the capability response is a CDP capability response;
the request for content to the CDN is a CDP GET message; and
the request for the content to the address for the content at the local cache server is an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) GET message.