US 11,943,315 B2
Storage efficient content revalidation for multimedia assets
Eric C. Friedrich, North Easton, MA (US); Eric R. Klein, Astoria, NY (US); and Jeffrey Edwin Grubb, South Amboy, NJ (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,705.
Application 18/157,705 is a continuation of application No. 17/093,226, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,563,824.
Prior Publication US 2023/0164238 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/568 (2022.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/568 (2022.05) [G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/9574 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 2212/154 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a first server from a requestor, a revalidation request relating to a content object;
determining that metadata describing one or more characteristics of the content object is stored in a cache associated with the first server and that the content object is not stored in the cache, and in response:
determining, at the first server, whether to retrieve content object data from any server based on analyzing a metric relating to retrieving the content object; and
transmitting from the first server to the requestor, based on analyzing the metadata, a response to the revalidation request indicating that the content object is not modified.