US 11,729,256 B2
Predetermining network route for content steering
Ishaan Shastri, San Jose, CA (US); and James Schek, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed by Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,236.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119538 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1001 (2022.05) [H04L 45/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, for a set of electronic devices, which server nodes are capable of providing media items to the set of electronic devices, the server nodes being part of one or more specified server clusters;
from the determined server nodes, pre-calculating, prior to receiving media item requests, a server node ranking that ranks the determined server nodes according to their ability to provide the media items to the set of electronic devices according to one or more media item provisioning factors, resulting in a list of ranked server nodes;
receiving a request indicating that a media item is to be provided to a specific electronic device among the set of electronic devices;
accessing the list of ranked server nodes indicating the precalculated server node ranking for the set of electronic devices; and
instructing a specified optimal server node, selected according to the precalculated server node ranking, to provide the media item to the specified electronic device.