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US 8,479,241 B2Granted
System and method to control communication of data
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsChin Yuan, Cheng-Hong Hu
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Abstract
Systems and methods of controlling communication of data are provided. A method of controlling communication of data may include receiving, at a network component, a request for data associated with a data source. The network component may have a limited capacity to distribute data. The method also includes determining whether the network component is exceeding a first capacity threshold. When the network component is exceeding the first capacity threshold, the method includes determining whether the data source meets a popularity criterion. When the data source meets the popularity criterion, the method includes sending the data associated with the data source.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a network component device, a request for data associated with a data source, wherein the network component device has a limited capacity to distribute data;
- determining, after receiving the request, whether a capacity of the network component device exceeds a first distribution capacity threshold;
- in response to determining that the capacity of the network component device exceeds the first distribution capacity threshold, determining whether the capacity of the network component device exceeds a second distribution capacity threshold, wherein a difference between the limited capacity of the network component device and the second distribution capacity threshold is greater than a bandwidth of a single high definition television channel;
- in response to determining that the capacity of the network component device does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold, determining whether the data source satisfies a popularity criterion;
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- sending the data associated with the data source in response to determining that the data source satisfies the popularity criterion when the capacity of the network component device does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a request at a network component for data associated with a data source, wherein the network component has a limited capacity to distribute data;
- determining, after receiving the request, whether a capacity of the network component exceeds a first distribution capacity threshold;
- in response to determining that the capacity of the network component exceeds the first distribution capacity threshold, determining whether the capacity of the network component exceeds a second distribution capacity threshold, wherein a difference between the limited capacity of the network component and the second distribution capacity threshold is greater than a bandwidth of a single high definition television channel;
- determining whether the data source satisfies a popularity criterion, when in response to determining that the capacity of the network component does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold;
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- sending the data associated with the data source in response to determining that the data source satisfies the popularity criterion when the capacity of the network component does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold.
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A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium including processor-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining, in response to a request received at a network component for data associated with a data source, whether a capacity of the network component exceeds a first distribution capacity threshold, wherein the network component has a limited capacity to distribute data;
- determining, in response to determining that the capacity of the network component exceeds the first distribution capacity threshold, whether the capacity of the network component exceeds a second distribution capacity threshold, wherein a difference between the limited capacity of the network component and the second distribution capacity threshold is greater than a bandwidth of a single high definition television channel;
- determining, in response to determining that the capacity of the network component does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold, whether the data source satisfies a popularity criterion;
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- sending the data associated with the data source in response to determining that the data source satisfies the popularity criterion when the capacity of the network component does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold;
- wherein the network component is configured to send data of a single additional high definition television channel when the capacity of the network component exceeds the first distribution capacity threshold and the capacity of the network component does not exceed the second distribution capacity threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.