Patent ID: 8914814
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating intercommunication in a federation comprising a plurality of independently operated content delivery network (CDN) participants, the method comprising: allocating to a first CDN from a second CDN of the plurality of CDN participants, capacity that the second CDN makes available for use in serving content of a first CDN customer on behalf of the first CDN; mapping a configuration of the first CDN customer, the configuration comprising a first plurality of operations used in configuring capacity of the first CDN based on a first configuration language that the first CDN defines for capacity configuration of the first CDN, wherein mapping the configuration of the first CDN customer comprises generating a modified configuration comprising a conversion of the first plurality of operations to a second plurality of operations of a second configuration language that the second CDN defines for capacity configuration of the second CDN; passing to the second CDN, the modified configuration with a first CDN identifier representing the first CDN from which the modified configuration is passed, a second capacity identifier identifying the capacity of the second CDN to which the modified configuration is to be deployed, and a third CDN customer identifier identifying the first CDN customer whose configuration is to be deployed to the capacity identified by the second capacity identifier; and configuring the allocated capacity of the second CDN with the modified configuration, wherein the second plurality of operations of the modified configuration configure the capacity to serve content of the first CDN customer on behalf of the first CDN.