Content delivery network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9148332-B2
Application number	US-95657410-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2010
Priority date	May 19, 2010
Publication date	Sep 29, 2015
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015

Abstract

A request to store a data object is received at a hosted storage service. The request includes the data object and an associated object reference. The object reference configured to enable retrieval of the data object from the hosted storage service. The data object is stored at the hosted storage service in association with the object reference. The data object is sent from the hosted storage service to a content delivery network node such that the data object is cached in and retrievable from the content delivery network node using the object reference.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a hosted storage service, a request to store a data object, wherein the request is associated with the data object and an object reference, the object reference enabling retrieval of the data object from the hosted storage service;
storing, at the hosted storage service, the data object in association with the object reference;
storing an access control list in association with the data object, wherein the access control list designates permissions for the data object;
determining that the accessed access control list designates the data object as publicly accessible;
storing a cache control parameter in association with the data object, the cache control parameter indicating whether the data object is cacheable;
determining that the accessed cache control parameter indicates the data object is cacheable; and
in response to determining that that the access control list designates the data object as publicly accessible and that that the cache control parameter indicates the data object as cacheable, sending the data object from the hosted storage service to a content delivery network node such that the data object is cached in and retrievable from the content delivery network node using the object reference;
receiving, at a hosted storage service, a request to store a second data object, wherein the request is associated with the second data object and a second object reference, the second object reference enabling retrieval of the second data object from the hosted storage service;
storing, at the hosted storage service, the second data object in association with the second object reference;
storing a second access control list in association with the second data object, the second access control list designating permissions for the second data object;
determining that the second access control list does not designate the second data object as publicly accessible;
storing a second cache control parameter in association with the second data object, the second cache control parameter designating the second data object as cacheable; and
in response to determining that that the accessed second access control list does not designate the second data object as publicly accessible, sending the second data object from the hosted storage service to a content delivery network node such that the second data object is not cached in and retrievable from the content delivery network node using the second object reference.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the data object from the hosted storage service to the content delivery network node comprises sending the data object from the hosted storage service to the content delivery network node without requiring a user to request the sending of the object from the hosted storage service to the content delivery network node.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the data object from the hosted storage service to the content delivery network node such that the data object is cached in the content delivery network is performed without action by an owner of the data object other than causing the data object to be stored in the hosted storage service and designated as publicly accessible.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the data object from the hosted storage service to a content delivery network node comprises:
receiving a request to retrieve the data object at the content delivery network node, the request to retrieve the data object including the object reference;
determining, at the content delivery network node, that the data object is not cached at the content delivery network node;
in response to determining that the data object is not cached at the content delivery network node, sending a request for the data object from the content delivery network node to the hosted storage service, the request for the data object including the object reference;
receiving the request for the data object at the hosted storage service;
retrieving the data object at the hosted storage service using the object reference received with the request for the data object; and
sending the retrieved data object to the content delivery network node such that the data object is cached in and retrievable from the content delivery network node using the object reference.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein sending the retrieved data object to the content delivery network such that the data object is cached includes sending the data object with a cache header that indicates the object is cacheable.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the content delivery network node includes a primary cache configured to cache data objects below a threshold size and a secondary cache configured to cache data objects above the threshold size.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the data object is above the threshold size and sending the data object from the hosted storage service to a content delivery network node comprises:
receiving a request to retrieve the data object at the primary cache, the request to retrieve the data object including the object reference;
determining, at the primary cache, that the data object is not cached at the primary cache;
in response to determining that the data object is not cached at the primary cache, sending a first request for the data object from the primary cache to the hosted storage service, the first request for the data object including the object reference;
receiving the first request for the data object at the hosted storage service;
determining that the data object is above the threshold size and that the first request was received from the primary cache;
in response to determining that the data object is above the threshold size and that the first request was received from the primary cache, redirecting the request to retrieve the data object to the secondary cache;
receiving the redirected request to retrieve the data object at the secondary cache, the redirected request to retrieve the data object including the object reference;
determining, at the secondary cache, that the data object is not cached at the secondary cache;
in response to determining that the data object is not cached at the secondary cache, sending a second request for the data object from the secondary cache to the hosted storage service, the second request for the data object including the object reference;
retrieving the data object at the hosted storage service using the object reference received with the second request for the data object; and
sending the retrieved data object to the secondary cache such that the data object is cached in and retrievable from the secondary cache using the object reference.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving from a client system and at the content delivery network node, a request for the data object, the request including the object reference;
retrieving the data object cached at the content delivery network node using the object reference received with the request for the data object; and
sending the retrieved data object to the client system.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the object reference includes a bucket name and an object name.

10. A system comprising:
one or more processing devices;
one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to:
receive, at a hosted storage service, a request to store a data object, wherein the request is associated with the data object and an object reference, the object reference enabling retrieval of the data object from the hosted storage service;
store, at the hosted storage service, the data object

Assignees

• Aikas Erkki Ville Juhani
• Agarwal Amit
• Bershad Brian N
• Google Inc

Inventors

• Aikas Erkki Ville Juhani
• Agarwal Amit
• Bershad Brian N

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F17/30132

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L29/08729 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F16/172

  Caching, prefetching or hoarding of files · CPC title