Patents by Inventor Dane S. Walther

Dane S. Walther has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extending a content delivery network (CDN) into a mobile or wireline network
    Patent number: 10977747
    Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) comprises a set of edge servers, and a domain name service (DNS) that is authoritative for content provider domains served by the CDN. The CDN is extended into one or more mobile or wireline networks that cannot or do not otherwise support fully-managed CDN edge servers. In particular, an “Extender” is deployed in the mobile or wireline network, preferably as a passive web caching proxy that is beyond the edge of the CDN but that serves CDN-provisioned content under the control of the CDN. The Extender may also be used to transparently cache and serve non-CDN content. An information channel is established between the Extender and the CDN to facilitate the Extender functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Blumofe, Vinay Kanitkar, Dane S. Walther, Charles E. Gero
  • Extending a content delivery network (CDN) into a mobile or wireline network
    Publication number: 20120096106
    Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) comprises a set of edge servers, and a domain name service (DNS) that is authoritative for content provider domains served by the CDN. The CDN is extended into one or more mobile or wireline networks that cannot or do not otherwise support fully-managed CDN edge servers. In particular, an “Extender” is deployed in the mobile or wireline network, preferably as a passive web caching proxy that is beyond the edge of the CDN but that serves CDN-provisioned content under the control of the CDN. The Extender may also be used to transparently cache and serve non-CDN content. An information channel is established between the Extender and the CDN to facilitate the Extender functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Blumofe, Vinay Kanitkar, Dane S. Walther