Patent ID: 7533108
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: creating a first data structure in a content delivery agent associated with a plurality of clients, so that the data structure includes a separate entry for each of the clients; storing in the entry for each client a network address of the client, each network address including a network address prefix; generating a bitmap mask for each client based on the network address of each client; storing the bitmap mask for each client in the corresponding entry in the first data structure; repeatedly measuring a proximity between the agent and each of the plurality of clients; storing the measured proximity for each client in the corresponding entry in the first data structure; detecting when the measured proximities are within a predetermined range of each other for at least two clients which have the same network address prefix; in response to the measured proximities being within the predetermined range of each other for the at least two clients, merging the entries for the at least two clients in the first data structure, including