Patent ID: 8332484
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a content delivery network (CDN) having an edge network comprising CDN content servers and a CDN domain name service, a delivery method comprising: receiving customer content uploaded to the CDN; storing the customer content in the CDN content servers or in a storage network associated with the edge network; associating a set of peer machines with the CDN, wherein the set of peer machines are distinct from the CDN content servers and comprise a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that is distinct from the CDN; receiving a request associated with the customer content; returning, in response to receiving the request, a metafile that includes an ordered set of domains or sub-domains, wherein one or more of the domains or sub-domains is resolved, by a DNS query to the CDN domain name service, to an address associated with either a CDN content server in the CDN content servers or a peer machine in the set of peer machines; serving the customer content from a first successfully resolved domain or sub-domain identified in the metafile.