Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Delivery and acceleration with localized source IP addresses without reliance on client headers

Abstract:

A method of delivering location-specific content by a content processing server is disclosed. A request for web content is received by the content processing server. A location of an originator of the received request for web content is identified. A local proxy server is selected based on the identified location of the originator of the received request for web content. The web content is requested via the selected local proxy server. Location-specific web content from the content provider is received via the selected local proxy server. The received local-specific web content is sent to the originator of the received request in response to the received request.