Patent attributes
Features are described with regard to the analysis of network and content characteristics that may affect the retrieval of network content, and the determination by a network computing device, based at least partly on that analysis, of whether a client computing device should bypass the network computing device and retrieve requested and related content directly from content sources. Additional features are described with regard to the determination of network resources to be cached, and to the determination of a computing device from which to initiate the caching. The network computing component or the client computing device can also monitor characteristics of the network connection between the computing devices and with other computing devices associated with content providers.
