Patent ID: 8291083
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A content delivery network (CDN) having a plurality of points of presence (POPs) geographically distant from each other, the CDN comprising: a first landing pad application program interface (API), accessible from a first POP of the plurality of POPs, and configured to receive a first content object; a second landing pad API, accessible from a second POP of the plurality of POPs, and configured to receive a second content object; a content directory configured to identify a first resource to store the first content object and a second resource to store the second content object, the content directory comprising: a policy store comprising a first jurisdictional policy and a second jurisdictional policy, a policy manager coupled to the policy store, wherein the policy manager identifies the first jurisdictional policy as being applicable to the first content object based on stored metadata in the content directory associated with the first content object, and wherein the policy manager identifies the second jurisdictional policy as being applicable to the second content object based on stored metadata in the content directory associated with the second content object, wherein the first resource is geographically distinct from the second resource, and wherein the first and second content objects are stored in a consistent file structure despite being on different resources.