Content delivery system
OwnerBenjamin P. Niven-Jenkins, Andrew J. McLachlaninventors
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Abstract
Data may be delivered to an end user (40) from a data distribution server (30) hosting the data in any of two or more different modes. The delivery mode to be used is selected in accordance with user-specific network connection parameters retrieved by the data distribution server (30) from a store (20). The data in the store relates to parameters such as available bandwidth, and is maintained by interrogation or testing of the connections between the network (10) and end user (40).
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A method of providing data on request to an end user terminal by way of a communications connection from a data distribution server hosting the data, wherein the data may be delivered in any of two or more different modes, wherein the delivery mode of the data is selected in accordance with user-specific profile data, characterised in that the on receipt of a request for data from an end user, the data distribution server platform accesses the user-specific service profile and selects the delivery mode.
A data distribution server for hosting data for download to user terminals on demand, comprising a data server for receiving data requests from users and for delivering data in response to such requests, characterised by the provision of a data adaptor for modifying the requested data for delivery in one of two or more different modes in accordance with user-specific profiles, and interrogation means for obtaining the user-specific profiles from a database.
A network connection parameters platform, comprising an input for receiving user-specific service profile data, and an output for delivering the user profile data for use in controlling the delivery of data to a user and in response to a request for such data, and characterised in that the network connection parameters platform is associated with a network-based data distribution server, and further comprises parameter-determination apparatus for identifying parameters of the connections available to one or more of a plurality of network data users from which to generate the user-specific data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.