Collaboration between internet service providers and content distribution systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8838670
APP PUB NO 20120226734A1
SERIAL NO

13410450

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A method for enabling collaboration between an internet service provider (ISP) and another entity includes: gathering a domain name system (DNS) query; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the ISP; providing a first list of the ISP-ranked candidate hosts; forwarding the DNS query to the another entity; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the another entity; providing a second list of the another entity-ranked candidate hosts; matching the first list and the second list; and providing a matched list of ranked candidate hosts. The another entity is a content distribution system (CDN) or another ISP.

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  • DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Feldmann, Anja Berlin, DE 10 413
Frank, Benjamin Berlin, DE 14 141
Poese, Ingmar Berlin, DE 4 121
Smaragdakis, Georgios Berlin, DE 5 19
Uhlig, Steve Berlin, DE 2 118

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