Patent ID: 8612450
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A content delivery system for differentially processing video content objects based on multi-node hierarchy assignments, the system comprising: a plurality of points of presence (POPs) distributed geographically in a content delivery network (CDN), the plurality of POPs having a set of caches distributed amongst the plurality of POPs, wherein the set of caches store a plurality of video content objects; a hierarchy database including a hierarchy with a plurality of nodes arranged amongst a plurality of levels, wherein: a node assigner that, for each video content object of the plurality of video content objects: a metadata query engine that performs a search, from amongst the plurality of video content objects within the set of caches, for a first video content object of the plurality of video content objects that is characterized by the metadata tags; and an object-processing engine that identifies a processing condition, wherein the processing condition specifies a particular geography within the CDN to cache content objects; and a first POP, wherein: