Patents by Inventor Mark Nottingham

Mark Nottingham 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).

  • Content delivery network (CDN) content server request handling mechanism
    Publication number: 20070288588
    Abstract: To serve content through a content delivery network (CDN), the CDN must have some information about the identity, characteristics and state of its target objects. Such additional information is provided in the form of object metadata, which according to the invention can be located in the request string itself, in the response headers from the origin server, in a metadata configuration file distributed to CDN servers, or in a per-customer metadata configuration file. CDN content servers execute a request identification and parsing process to locate object metadata and to handle the request in accordance therewith. Where different types of metadata exist for a particular object, metadata in a configuration file is overridden by metadata in a response header or request string, with metadata in the request string taking precedence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Joel Wein, John Kloninger, Mark Nottingham, David Karger, Philip Lisiecki
  • Content delivery network (CDN) content server request handling mechanism with metadata framework support
    Publication number: 20070250560
    Abstract: To serve content through a content delivery network (CDN), the CDN must have some information about the identity, characteristics and state of its target objects. Such additional information is provided in the form of object metadata, which according to the invention can be located in the request string itself, in the response headers from the origin server, in a metadata configuration file distributed to CDN servers, or in a per-customer metadata configuration file. CDN content servers execute a request identification and parsing process to locate object metadata and to handle the request in accordance therewith. Where different types of metadata exist for a particular object, metadata in a configuration file is overridden by metadata in a response header or request string, with metadata in the request string taking precedence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Wein, John Kloninger, Mark Nottingham, David Karger, Philip Lisiecki