Level 3 Communications Assigned Patent

Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO, has been assigned a patent (9,594,761) developed by Jakobowski, Pawel, Dublin, Ireland, for a “system and method for storing content on a content delivery network.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for grouping a plurality of content files in content delivery network, (CDN) for easier storage and access. In one embodiment, the CDN may store related files in one or more container files within the CDN to reduce the number of stored files. In addition, a manifest provided to the requesting device relating to the content may be altered to point to the container files rather than the separate content files within the container. The manifest may also provide information to the requesting to extract and process the content files within the container file in the proper order for playing on the requesting device.“

The patent application was filed on May 30, 2014 (14/292,597).