Differentiated priority level communication
AssigneeBce Inc.
InventorJeffrey William Dawson
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Abstract
Provided are methods, apparatuses and systems for providing prioritized data distribution at a customer premise. A network access component may receive priority information from a trusted source, the priority information being indicative of an association between at least one identifier and a respective priority level. The network component may determine a particular identifier associated with data received from a communication entity. The network access component may determine a particular priority level associated with the data based on the particular identifier and the priority information. The network component may also prioritize at least a portion of the data on a basis of the particular priority level.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- a. receiving priority information from a trusted source, the priority information being indicative of an association between at least one identifier and a respective priority level;
- b. determining a particular identifier associated with data received from a communication entity, the particular identifier having been previously provided to the communication entity by the trusted source and being time-varying, the at least one identifier including the particular identifier;
- c. determining a particular priority level associated with the data based on the particular identifier and the priority information;
- d. prioritizing at least a portion of the data on a basis of the particular priority level;
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- e. forwarding at least the portion of the data over a data network.
A network access component for use at a customer premise, the network access component comprising:
- a. an interface adapted to:
- i. receive data destined to be forwarded over a data network from a communication entity at the customer premise;
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- ii. receive from a server priority information indicative of an association between at least one identifier and a respective priority level;
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- b. processing hardware for:
- i. determining from the data a particular identifier associated with the data, the particular identifier having been previously provided to the communication entity by the server and being time-varying, the at least one identifier including the particular identifier;
- ii. determining, on the basis of the particular identifier and the priority information, a particular priority level for the data;
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- iii. prioritizing at least a portion of the data on a basis of the particular priority level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.