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F. Thomson Leighton
Also filed as: LEIGHTON F T · LEIGHTON F THOMSON · LEWIN LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE ANN
53 granted patents·7 pending applications·6,383 citations·filing 1997–2021
99Inventor score
Files withAKAMAI TECH INC35MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY13AFERGAN MICHAEL M4LEIGHTON F THOMSON4KARGER DAVID2
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60 records- 0199US7996533B2HTML delivery from edge-of-network servers in a content delivery network (CDN)AKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 9, 2011·194 cites·11 claims
- 0299US7693959B2Content distribution system using an alternative domain name system (DNS) and content serversMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 6, 2010·202 cites·58 claims
- 0399US7293093B2HTML delivery from edge-of-network servers in a content delivery network (CDN)AKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 6, 2007·320 cites·12 claims
- 0499US7103645B2Method and system for providing content delivery to a set of participating content providersMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 5, 2006·437 cites·18 claims
- 0599US6996616B1HTML delivery from edge-of-network servers in a content delivery network (CDN)AKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 7, 2006·651 cites·6 claims
- 0699US6553413B1Content delivery network using edge-of-network servers for providing content delivery to a set of participating content providersMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 22, 2003·698 cites·22 claims
- 0799US6108703AGlobal hosting systemMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 22, 2000·1.6k cites·34 claims
- 0899US5949885AMethod for protecting content using watermarkingFiled 1997·Granted Sep 7, 1999·506 cites·37 claims
- 0997US7716367B1Network performance monitoring in a content delivery serviceAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 11, 2010·345 cites·8 claims
- 1096US7596619B2HTML delivery from edge-of-network servers in a content delivery network (CDN)AKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 29, 2009·239 cites·10 claims
- 1196US6665726B1Method and system for fault tolerant media streaming over the internetAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2003·148 cites·12 claims
- 1295US7111061B2Global load balancing across mirrored data centersAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 19, 2006·179 cites·12 claims
- 1394US8307088B2HTML delivery from edge-of-network servers in a content delivery network (CDN)LEIGHTON F THOMSON·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 6, 2012·20 cites·10 claims
- 1494US7734815B2Global load balancing across mirrored data centersAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·44 cites·8 claims
- 1593US10237334B2Connected-media end user experience using an overlay networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 19, 2019·24 cites·19 claims
- 1693US8332484B2Hybrid content delivery network (CDN) and peer-to-peer (P2P) networkAFERGAN MICHAEL M·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 11, 2012·30 cites·8 claims
- 1792US8799674B1Method and system for handling sensitive data in a content delivery networkLEIGHTON F THOMSON·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 5, 2014·14 cites·11 claims
- 1892US8255489B2Method of data collection among participating content providers in a distributed networkAFERGAN MICHAEL M·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 28, 2012·35 cites·9 claims
- 1992US7251688B2Method for generating a network mapAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 31, 2007·97 cites·7 claims
- 2092US6430618B1Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 6, 2002·204 cites·44 claims
- 2191US8972530B2Method of data collection among participating content providers in a distributed networkAFERGAN MICHAEL M·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·22 cites·7 claims
- 2291US7296082B2Method and system for fault tolerant media streaming over the internetAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 13, 2007·69 cites·6 claims
- 2390US8392611B2Network performance monitoring in a content delivery systemLEIGHTON F THOMSON·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·17 cites·9 claims
- 2488US9202215B2Method and system for handling sensitive data in a content delivery networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 1, 2015·5 cites·8 claims
- 2588US8484283B2Method and system for mitigating automated agents operating across a distributed networkAFERGAN MICHAEL M·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 9, 2013·24 cites·20 claims
- 2688US8073961B2Global hosting systemLEIGHTON F THOMSON·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 6, 2011·7 cites·6 claims
- 2788US7096263B2Method for predicting file download time from mirrored data centers in a global computer networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 22, 2006·79 cites·8 claims
- 2885US9451000B2Stream-based data deduplication with cache synchronizationAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 20, 2016·5 cites·10 claims
- 2983US6553420B1Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 22, 2003·120 cites·50 claims
- 3082US9641482B2Global hosting systemMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2013·Granted May 2, 2017·3 cites·9 claims
- 3180US7203745B2Method of scheduling hosts for software updates in a distributed computer networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 10, 2007·33 cites·14 claims
- 3279US6963915B2Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 8, 2005·19 cites·43 claims
- 3378US7127513B2Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·23 cites·10 claims
- 3475US9300560B2Network performance monitoring in a content delivery systemAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 29, 2016·3 cites·6 claims
- 3575US7500002B2Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 3, 2009·4 cites·1 claims
- 3673US9799033B2Method and system for handling sensitive data in a content delivery networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·1 cites·9 claims
- 3773US9420058B2Stream-based data deduplication with peer node predictionAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·2 cites·13 claims
- 3869US9813284B2Hybrid content delivery network (CDN) and peer-to-peer (P2P) networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 7, 2017·2 cites·16 claims
- 3967US11985190B2Stream-based data deduplication with peer node predictionAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·12 claims
- 4066US7808926B2System and method for resource discoveryMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·2 cites·20 claims
- 4165US11570234B2Connected-media end user experience using an overlay networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 31, 2023·0 cites·11 claims
- 4262US2019190973A1Stream-based data deduplication with cache synchronizationAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4361US10778760B2Stream-based data deduplication with peer node predictionAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 15, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
- 4460US2017237705A1Global hosting systemMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4559US9009493B2Method and system for handling sensitive data in a content delivery networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 14, 2015·0 cites·10 claims
- 4659US8103767B2Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resourcesKARGER DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 24, 2012·1 cites·11 claims
- 4757US11128693B2Connected-media end user experience using an overlay networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 21, 2021·0 cites·11 claims
- 4857US10212203B2Stream-based data deduplication with cache synchronizationAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 19, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 4956US10200467B2Stream-based data deduplication with peer node predictionAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 5, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 5055US9530127B2Method and system for handling sensitive data in a content delivery networkAKAMAI TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 27, 2016·0 cites·2 claims
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