US 2011/0299544 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BANDWIDTH BY A BROADBAND GATEWAY

Abstract

Aspects of a method and system for managing bandwidth by a broadband gateway are provided. In this regard, broadband gateway may, upon receiving a request for content from a user of the communication device, present, via a graphical user interface, a message that offers a benefit to the user in exchange for deferring consumption of the content until a later time. The gateway may then deliver the content to the communication device at a time determined by a response to the message received from the communication device. The message may provide several times at which the content may be delivered and a corresponding benefit available for each of the times. The times may correspond to times at which it is expected there will be less traffic in the network over which the content is to be delivered.

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Dependent claims

A method for networking, the method comprising:

in a broadband gateway that enables communication with a plurality of communication devices, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider:
upon receiving a request for content from a user of one of said communication devices,
presenting a message that offers a benefit to said user in exchange for deferring consumption of said content until a later time;
and
delivering said content to said one of said one or more communication devices at a time determined by a response to said message received from said one of said one or more communication devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/982,166Filed 30 Dec 2010

Priority

4 Jun 2010

Published

8 Dec 2011

Term ends

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Classification69 codes

G05F 1/66
Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and…:…
G05B 13/02
Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned…:…
G06F 21/10
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting distributed…
G06F 21/6245
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

Method and system for managing bandwidth by a broadband gateway

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Method and system for managing bandwidth by a broadband gateway

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Abstract

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