US 12,407,897 B2
Peer-managed content distribution network
Ragan W. Christensen, Rigby, ID (US); Mark A. Hinshaw, Bend, OR (US); Rhea Pokorny, Bend, OR (US); Matthew A. Townsend, Bend, OR (US); Garrett J. Gladden, Bend, OR (US); and Ian K. Stewart, Bend, OR (US)
Assigned to Kollective Technology, Inc., Bend, OR (US)
Filed by Kollective Technology, Inc., Bend, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,387, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182444 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/1061 (2022.01); H04L 67/1074 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 21/44218 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1046 (2013.01); H04L 67/1068 (2013.01); H04L 67/1074 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a peer-managed content delivery network, the method comprising:
configuring a new node in response to a user request for a content item;
identifying one or more potential attachment zones for the new node within the network, wherein each attachment zone comprises multiple network nodes;
sorting the attachment zones based on the multiple network nodes within each attachment zone;
attaching the new node to the network by establishing connections between the new node and one or more of the multiple nodes of a first attachment zone; and
each time the new node establishes a connection with a new peer, broadcasting information regarding the new peer to all peers of the new node;
wherein each network node with which the new node establishes a connection is considered a peer of the new node and the new node is considered a peer of each network node with which the new node establishes a connection.