Abstract: A device may be configured to monitor operations of at least one application installed on the device. The device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, an application stored in the memory may cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations. A beacon may be embedded in the application. When the application is executed by the processor, the beacon may cause the processor to establish a direct connection with a remote system comprising a storage database, gather data indicative of at least one of the plurality of operations as specified by at least one beacon microservice, and send the data through the direct connection to store the data in the storage database.

Abstract: A device may be configured to monitor operations of at least one application installed on the device. The device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, an application stored in the memory may cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations. A beacon may be embedded in the application. When the application is executed by the processor, the beacon may cause the processor to establish a direct connection with a remote system comprising a storage database, gather data indicative of at least one of the plurality of operations as specified by at least one beacon microservice, and send the data through the direct connection to store the data in the storage database.

Abstract: A device may be configured to monitor operations of at least one application installed on the device. The device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, an application stored in the memory may cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations. A beacon may be embedded in the application. When the application is executed by the processor, the beacon may cause the processor to establish a direct connection with a remote system comprising a storage database, gather data indicative of at least one of the plurality of operations as specified by at least one beacon microservice, and send the data through the direct connection to store the data in the storage database.

Abstract: A device may be configured to monitor operations of at least one application installed on the device. The device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, an application stored in the memory may cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations. A beacon may be embedded in the application. When the application is executed by the processor, the beacon may cause the processor to establish a direct connection with a remote system comprising a storage database, gather data indicative of at least one of the plurality of operations as specified by at least one beacon microservice, and send the data through the direct connection to store the data in the storage database.

Abstract: A system and method for retrieving and writing data based on data write latency. The system may include a switchboard configured to connect to a beacon integrated into an end user application stored on a computer, a customer configuration database, and one of a plurality of infrastructure pools chosen based on the customer configuration database. The switchboard receives extracted data from the beacon and writes the extracted data to the chosen infrastructure pool. The method may include receiving a connection from a beacon, connecting to and retrieving customer configuration data from a customer configuration database, transpiling a data retrieval code based on the retrieved customer configuration data; transmitting the data retrieval code to the beacon, connecting to one of a plurality of infrastructure pools, receiving extracted data from the beacon and writing the extracted data to the infrastructure pool.

Abstract: A device may be configured to monitor operations of at least one application installed on the device. The device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, an application stored in the memory may cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations. A beacon may be embedded in the application. When the application is executed by the processor, the beacon may cause the processor to establish a direct connection with a remote system comprising a storage database, gather data indicative of at least one of the plurality of operations as specified by at least one beacon microservice, and send the data through the direct connection to store the data in the storage database.

Abstract: A system and method for retrieving and writing data based on data write latency. The system may include a switchboard configured to connect to a beacon integrated into an end user application stored on a computer, a customer configuration database, and one of a plurality of infrastructure pools chosen based on the customer configuration database. The switchboard receives extracted data from the beacon and writes the extracted data to the chosen infrastructure pool. The method may include receiving a connection from a beacon, connecting to and retrieving customer configuration data from a customer configuration database, transpiling a data retrieval code based on the retrieved customer configuration data; transmitting the data retrieval code to the beacon, connecting to one of a plurality of infrastructure pools, receiving extracted data from the beacon and writing the extracted data to the infrastructure pool.

Abstract: A content delivery network transcodes content objects from a content provider for transmission to end users. The content delivery network includes network storage and servers. When a content object is uploaded, the network storage stores a copy of the content object, and a copy of the content object is directed to external file-based storage. At least one of the servers directs segments of the content object to a plurality of transcoding servers. Each of the transcoding servers informs a segment engine about which of the segments the transcoding server has received, transcodes the received segment to form a transcoded segment receivable by at least one of the end users, and transmits the transcoded segment to a permanent storage location. The content delivery network verifies that the copy of the content object is stored in the external file-based storage, and deletes the local copy of the content object.

Abstract: A method for managing and analyzing a digital presence throughout a content delivery network providing multiple channels for content delivery may include storing and distributing content in response to user requests using a plurality of edge servers. The method may also include managing a digital presence using a digital presence controller, the digital presence controller including a plurality of service modules that each manage and analyze at least one aspect of the digital presence. The plurality of service modules may manage the digital presence according to functional rule sets. The plurality of service modules may generate analytics descriptive of at least one aspect of the digital presence. The method may additionally include receiving inputs that control the digital presence by adjusting the functional rule sets and providing a quantitative assessment of the digital presence based on the analytics.

Abstract: A method for implementing an automated feedback loop to control content publication in accordance with a digital presence in a CDN may include storing and distributing content in response to user requests using a plurality of edge servers with first content being provided in a plurality of first content variants on edge servers. The method may also include managing and analyzing a digital presence as provided by the CDN using a digital presence controller, and analyzing, user interactions with the plurality of first content variants on the plurality of edge servers. The method may additionally include receiving second content, and causing a plurality of second content variants to be provided to the plurality of edge servers, the plurality of second content variants being determined based on the analysis of the user interactions with the plurality of first content variants.

Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating provisions of storage service for clients are provided. For each storage provider of a set of storage providers, a service-provider database stores a metric characterizing a property of a service provided by the service provider. The storage providers are independently owned and operated relative to each other. The metrics are repeatedly updated. A selection engine repeatedly selects a service provider from the set of service providers to store a content object of a client of the content delivery system. The selection is based on the repeatedly updated metrics for the set of service providers. For each service provider selected by the selection engine to store the content object of the client, a service manager coordinates with the service provider such that the service provider stores the content object of the client.

Abstract: A method of generating a quantitative assessment of a connection between a content distributor and a user may include accessing social networks on which the content distributor maintains an account, and receiving an input indicating the user. The method may also include passing an indication of the user to the social networks, and receiving data descriptive of connections and interactions of the at least one user account in the plurality of social networks. The method may additionally include calculating a value score based on the data descriptive of the connections and interactions of the user account in the plurality of social networks, where the relationship value score indicates a potential for generating new sales for the business through the user. The method may further include adjusting one or more policies that control how content is distributed from the content distributor to the user.

Abstract: A machine-implementable method for managing cloud-based transcoding resources available to a content delivery network includes maintaining a queue of video transcoding jobs that may be executed by internal transcoders of the content delivery network or by external transcoders of a plurality of cloud-based resources, utilizing a server of the content delivery network. The method further includes determining, at first and second times, corresponding first and second transcoder supply deviations, and a trend indicator; and determining whether to activate, deactivate, or make no change to the number of transcoders that are currently activated for transcoding, based at least on the second transcoder supply deviation and the trend indicator.

Abstract: A method for generating and delivering highlight versions of content for special case delivery through a Content Delivery Network (CDN) may include storing and distributing content in response to user requests using a plurality of edge servers, the plurality of edge servers being organized into a plurality of geographically distributed Points of Presence (POPs) in the CDN comprising a first POP that stores first content. The method may also include receiving a request for the first content and directing the request for the first content to the first POP. The method may additionally include automatically determining that the request for the first content originated from a mobile device and in response, providing a limited portion of the first content to the mobile device, wherein the limited portion of the first content comprises less than the first content.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for streaming content over the Internet via a CDN to an end user system. Requests from end user systems for streaming content objects being handled by the CDN are tracked to identify, for each request the tracked requests, a first content object being requested. For each request of the tracked requests, a category of the requested first content object is identified. The identified category is stored. Aggregated data indicating an amount of requests being for content objects with a specific category is generated. A prediction is made that a second content object will be requested in the future based on the aggregated data and a category of the second content object. Access to the second content object is improved such that the second content object is set to be provided faster in response to a request for the second content object than would otherwise occur.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method of dynamically routing requests within multiple cloud computing networks. The method includes receiving a request for an application from a user device, forwarding the request to an edge server within a content delivery network (CDN), and analyzing the request to gather metrics about responsiveness provided by the multiple cloud computing networks running the application. The method further includes analyzing historical data for the multiple cloud computing networks regarding performance of the application, based on the performance metrics and the historical data, determining an optimal cloud computing network within the multiple cloud computing networks to route the request, routing the request to the optimal cloud computing network, and returning the response from the optimal cloud computing network to the user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for streaming content over the Internet via a CDN to an end user system. Requests from end user systems for streaming content objects being handled by the CDN are tracked to identify, for each request the tracked requests, a first content object being requested. For each request of the tracked requests, a category of the requested first content object is identified. The identified category is stored. Aggregated data indicating an amount of requests being for content objects with a specific category is generated. A prediction is made that a second content object will be requested in the future based on the aggregated data and a category of the second content object. Access to the second content object is improved such that the second content object is set to be provided faster in response to a request for the second content object than would otherwise occur.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include distributing new resources closer to end-users which are making increased demands by spinning-up additional virtualized instances (as part of a cloud provisioning) within servers that are physically near to the network equipment (i.e., web servers, switches, routers, load balancers) that are receiving the requests.

Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating provisions of storage service for clients are provided. For each storage provider of a set of storage providers, a service-provider database stores a metric characterizing a property of a service provided by the service provider. The storage providers are independently owned and operated relative to each other. The metrics are repeatedly updated. A selection engine repeatedly selects a service provider from the set of service providers to store a content object of a client of the content delivery system. The selection is based on the repeatedly updated metrics for the set of service providers. For each service provider selected by the selection engine to store the content object of the client, a service manager coordinates with the service provider such that the service provider stores the content object of the client.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include distributing new resources closer to end-users which are making increased demands by spinning-up additional virtualized instances (as part of a cloud provisioning) within servers that are physically near to the network equipment (i.e., web servers, switches, routers, load balancers) that are receiving the requests.