Inventor
CROWDER WILLIAM
US94 patents
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Multi-level peering in a content delivery framework
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Invalidation systems, methods, and devices
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Rendezvous systems, methods, and devices
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Content delivery framework having autonomous CDN partitioned into multiple virtual CDNs to implement CDN interconnection, delegation, and federation
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Systems, methods, and devices for gradual invalidation of resources
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Request processing in a content delivery network
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Layered request processing with redirection and delegation in a content delivery network (CDN)
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Event stream collector systems, methods, and devices
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with rendezvous services
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Responsibility-based cache peering
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services
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Collector mechanisms in a content delivery network
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services
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Framework supporting content delivery with content delivery services
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Configuring a content delivery network (CDN)
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Configuring a content delivery network (CDN)
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Framework supporting content delivery with content delivery services
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services with feedback
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Framework supporting content delivery with reducer services network
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Content delivery framework
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Content delivery network
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Rendezvous optimization in a content delivery framework
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with dynamically configurable log information
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Collector mechanisms in a content delivery network
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Verification and auditing in a content delivery framework
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Geographic location determination in a content delivery framework
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Configuration and control in content delivery framework
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services with feedback from health service
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Role-specific sub-networks in a content delivery framework
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Content delivery framework having storage services
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Content delivery framework with autonomous CDN partitioned into multiple virtual CDNs
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Multi-level peering in a content delivery framework
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Dynamic topology transitions in a content delivery framework
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Maintaining invalidation information
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with rendezvous services having dynamically configurable log information
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with delivery services having dynamically configurable log information
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Framework supporting content delivery with delivery services network
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Framework supporting content delivery with adaptation services
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Framework supporting content delivery with rendezvous services network
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC3 citations84
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with delivery services
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Caching in a content delivery framework
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Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services with feedback
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Framework supporting content delivery with hybrid content delivery services
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