Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Network resource allocating
Patent
1999-05-19
2000-08-22
Dinh, Dung C.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Network resource allocating
709105, 709219, 709223, 709224, 709235, G06F 1300
Patent
active
061087033
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a network architecture or framework that supports hosting and content distribution on a truly global scale. The inventive framework allows a Content Provider to replicate and serve its most popular content at an unlimited number of points throughout the world. The inventive framework comprises a set of servers operating in a distributed manner. The actual content to be served is preferably supported on a set of hosting servers (sometimes referred to as ghost servers). This content comprises HTML page objects that, conventionally, are served from a Content Provider site. In accordance with the invention, however, a base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider's site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider's site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.
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Leighton F. Thomson
Lewin Daniel M.
Dinh Dung C.
Judson David H.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Salad Abdullahi E.
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