US Patent No: 7,398,301
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Method and apparatus for facilitating distributed delivery of content across a computer network
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Jul 8, 2008
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Aug 2, 2002
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10/211,602
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates receiving content at a client from one or more servers that can potentially provide the content. The client starts by sending a request for the content to a directory server. In response to the request, the client receives a list of candidate servers that can potentially provide the content from the directory server. Once the client has received the list of candidate servers, the client sends a request to one or more of the candidate servers for the content, and subsequently receives the content from one or more of the candidate servers.
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