Patent ID: 11876717
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the computing device to:
receive, from a client device, a request for content;
generate, based on the request, a flow identifier;
determine a forward route associated with the flow identifier, wherein the forward route comprises:
the client device,
a destination device storing the content,
a first network device, of a plurality of network devices, between the client device and the destination device, and
an intermediary network device, of the plurality of network devices, between the client device and the destination device; and

send, to the first network device and the intermediary network device, the flow identifier and an instruction to route data packets, from the client device to the destination device, based on the forward route.