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US 2011/0238786 A1Published application
Using a Home-Networking Gateway to Manage Communications
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorJean-Emmanuel FONTAINE
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for managing communications from an external computer system to a gateway device on a home network. Content is downloaded to the home network, stored on the home-networking gateway and then made available to a device on the home network that is capable of using the stored content. Additionally, a home-networking gateway manages communications between external computer systems and the home network to give priority to human interactive communications over the downloading of entertainment content for future use.
Claims15
1-19. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a gateway device, a request to download content;
- determining whether the request is a human interactive request or a non-human interactive request;
- assigning a priority value to the request based on whether the request is determined to be a human interactive request, wherein the priority value of a human interactive request is higher than the priority value of a non-human interactive request;
- adjusting one or more connection parameters based on the assigned priority value;
- sending, to one or more content providers, the request to download content;
- and
- receiving, from the one or more content providers, the content requested by the request, wherein content requested by a human interactive request is given priority over content requested by a non-human interactive request.
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A computer-implemented comprising:
- receiving, at a gateway device, a non-human interactive request to download content;
- receiving, at the gateway device, a human interactive request to download content;
- and
- prioritizing, through one or more content providers, the receipt of the content for the human interactive request over the receipt of the content for the non-human interactive request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.