Patent ID: 8621106
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing content to end users from a content delivery network, the method comprising: storing inventory information in an inventory of each of a plurality of inventory servers in a content delivery network, the inventory information describing which delivery servers within the content delivery network hosts a media file; providing a uniform resource indicator (URI) corresponding to the media file, the URI configured to identify multiple ones of the inventory servers; receiving, at a first one of the inventory servers, a request for the media file from a user system, the request specifying the URI and configured to access the first inventory server via anycast routing; in response to receiving the request for the media file, accessing the inventory of the first inventory server to identify a selected one of the delivery servers within the content delivery network that hosts the media file, based at least in part on geographic proximity of the selected delivery server to the user system; and redirecting the request for the media file from the first inventory server to the selected delivery server within the content delivery network, thereby enabling the user system to access the media file from the selected delivery server within the content delivery network.