Patent ID: 8819187

Claim:
A system for accelerating dynamic content between Points of Presence (POPs) and front-loading latency bottlenecks in a Content Delivery Network (CDN), the system comprising: a first POP in the CDN configured to receive a content request from a user device, wherein: the first POP comprises a first plurality of edge servers that store and distribute content in response to user requests; and content responsive to the content request comprises a first content portion that is not stored in the first POP; a second POP in the CDN configured to receive a content request from a user device, wherein: the second POP comprises a second plurality of edge servers that store and distribute content in response to user requests; and the first content portion is available through the second POP; a persistent connection mesh between the first POP and the second POP, wherein: the persistent connection mesh is maintained between the first POP and the second POP prior to the request for content being received by the first POP; and the first content portion is transmitted through the persistent connection mesh from the second POP to the first POP.