{
  "patent_number": "US 8060616",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Cloud Storage Providers Automatically Connect Files to Content Delivery Networks",
  "original_title": "Managing CDN registration by a storage provider",
  "summary": "A system that lets website owners use a single button in their storage dashboard to automatically distribute their files across a global network of servers for faster loading.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a bridge between a storage service (like Amazon S3) and a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Normally, a developer would have to manually configure their files to work with a CDN. This system automates that by providing a user interface where the developer selects files and chooses a CDN plan. The storage provider then talks to the CDN provider on the developer's behalf to register those files, essentially handling the technical heavy lifting of distributing content globally. It also automates the process of updating links so that when a user requests a file, they are automatically directed to the faster CDN server instead of the original storage server.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover manual CDN configuration where the content provider interacts directly with the CDN provider without a storage intermediary.",
    "Does not cover the actual physical hardware or software architecture of the CDN itself.",
    "Does not cover methods for caching content that do not involve a registration request initiated through a storage provider's interface."
  ],
  "filed": "2008-11-17",
  "granted": "2011-11-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Amazon Technologies Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/amazon-technologies-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Swaminathan Sivasubramanian",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/swaminathan-sivasubramanian"
    },
    {
      "name": "David R. Richardson",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/david-r-richardson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bradley E. Marshall",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/bradley-e-marshall"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 10,
  "tags": [
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ecommerce",
    "cloud_computing"
  ],
  "abstract": "A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing registration, by a network storage provider, of one or more resources with a CDN service provider are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains registration information for registering the one or more resources with a CDN service provider. The registration information may include a request to publish one or more resources to a CDN service provider, an identification of the one or more resources, CDN selection criteria provided by the content provider or otherwise selected, and the like. The network storage provider transmits a CDN generation request corresponding to the registration information to the CDN service provider. Then, the network storage provider manages and processes data pursuant to registration of the one or more resources with the CDN service provider. The process can further include causing the generation of a user interface by the network storage provider for requesting registration of the one or more resources with a CDN service provider using a single control.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8060616/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8060616/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8060616",
  "relatedPatents": []
}