Patent ID: 9641401
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A framework supporting a content delivery network (CDN), the framework comprising a plurality of devices, each device comprising hardware including memory and at least one processor, each device configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services, wherein (A) said plurality of CD services comprise: collector services, reducer services, rendezvous services, delivery services, and control services; and wherein (B) (i) at least some CD services are configured to obtain control input from other CD services, and (C) at least some of said CD services produce, as event output, one or more event streams relating to their respective operation; and (D) at least some of said event output is provided to at least some of said reducer services as event input to other CD services; and (E) at least some of said reducer services: (E2) at least some of said reducer services: (F) at least some of said collector services: (G) at least some of said control services: wherein at least some of said plurality of devices run CD services of type T, and wherein said CD services of type T running on said at least some of said plurality of devices comprise at least one type T network, wherein services of type T are selected from: control services, rendezvous services, delivery services, and reducer services.