William V Power

US Patent:

20230018743, Jan 19, 2023

Filed:

Sep 16, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/946423

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 67/02
G06F 16/48
G06F 16/955
H04L 67/1021
H04L 61/4511

Abstract:

A content delivery method, and related apparatus, that involves the operations of receiving a request for a content resource including at least one embedded resource with a tag. Upon identification of the tag, using at least one delivery parameter to generate a modified embedded resource. Embedding the modified embedded resource in a content resource, such as an HTML document. Delivering, such as in response to request from a browser, the content resource with the modified embedded resource.

US Patent:

20210336891, Oct 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul 6, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/367670

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 12/859
H04L 12/24
H04L 12/841
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure include a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content associated with a plurality of different types of applications/devices. Using a CDN flow application, a plurality of network flow parameters are generated for content delivery unique to different types of applications or devices. The network flow parameters include customized data transmission rates. The network flow parameters include predetermined settings for transmission control protocol (TCP) connections between the CDN and devices using a TCP flow control mechanism. Upon receiving a content request, the CDN fulfills the content request based upon first network flow parameters. The network flow parameters may be adjusted for each of the plurality of different types of applications/devices. The network flow parameters may be generated based upon requests or based upon the performance of each of the plurality of applications/devices.

US Patent:

20200389513, Dec 10, 2020

Filed:

Aug 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/003102

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 16/48
G06F 16/955
H04L 29/12

Abstract:

A content delivery method, and related apparatus, that involves the operations of receiving a request for a content resource including at least one embedded resource with a tag. Upon identification of the tag, using at least one delivery parameter to generate a modified embedded resource. Embedding the modified embedded resource in a content resource, such as an HTML document. Delivering, such as in response to request from a browser, the content resource with the modified embedded resource.

US Patent:

20200145490, May 7, 2020

Filed:

Jan 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/734323

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 16/27
G06F 16/182
G06F 16/14

Abstract:

Methods and systems for storing and distributing content include executing storage rules against ingested content to determine in which of a plurality of storage systems to store the ingested content. A metadata collection that includes records corresponding to the stored content is maintained such that the content may be located by querying or otherwise searching the metadata collection. The metadata collection may be analyzed using various criteria to identify content to be migrated between different storage systems.

US Patent:

20200084154, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Nov 13, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/682557

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 12/859
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/841
H04L 12/24

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure include a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content associated with a plurality of different types of applications/devices. Using a CDN flow application, a plurality of network flow parameters are generated for content delivery unique to different types of applications or devices. The network flow parameters include customized data transmission rates. The network flow parameters include predetermined settings for transmission control protocol (TCP) connections between the CDN and devices using a TCP flow control mechanism. Upon receiving a content request, the CDN fulfills the content request based upon first network flow parameters. The network flow parameters may be adjusted for each of the plurality of different types of applications/devices. The network flow parameters may be generated based upon requests or based upon the performance of each of the plurality of applications/devices.

US Patent:

20200059530, Feb 20, 2020

Filed:

Oct 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/665025

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
Kevin Johns - Erie CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

Abstract:

A content delivery network has at least a first tier of servers. A content delivery method includes at a first server in the first tier of servers, obtaining a request from a client for a resource. If the resource is available at the first server or at a peer of the first server, then the resource is served to the client from the first server. Otherwise, it is determined whether the resource is popular, and if the resource is determined to be popular, then the first server obtains the resource and the first server serves the resource to the client. If the resource is determined not to be popular, the server contacts a second server to obtain the resource, not in the first tier of servers, and the second server provides the resource to the first server. The first server is instructed not to cache the unpopular content.

US Patent:

20190372856, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

Aug 19, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/544034

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO

International Classification:

H04L 12/24
H04L 12/26

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for monitoring and quantifying the performance of a content delivery network (CDN) from a client side perspective based on server side events. In one particular embodiment, one or more content servers of the CDN may provide connectivity or other performance information to a collector device or site. This information may be reported by each of the content servers for each request for content received at the server. The collector site may then store the received performance information in a database for analysis by one or more systems.

US Patent:

20190349446, Nov 14, 2019

Filed:

Jul 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/520583

Inventors:

- Broomfield CO, US
Kevin C. Johns - Erie CO, US
William R. Power - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for a content delivery network (CDN) architecture utilizing one or more proxy cache devices between a requesting device and an edge cluster of the CDN. The proxy cache device is a relatively high-speed device compared to various possible devices making up one or more edge clusters. Thus, if the proxy has cached the requested content, it is capable of directly servicing the client content request at a faster rate than providing the content from the edge cluster. Otherwise, the proxy cache may request the content from an edge cluster and store the content for quick retrieval in response to additional requests for the content. In one embodiment, the proxy cache may perform an analysis of the request or a series of requests to determine if the content is cached at the proxy cache device.