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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Charles Hasek, Broomfield, CO (US);
Charles Hasek, Broomfield, CO (US);
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A request is received from one of a plurality of terminals in a service group of a video content network. The request is to establish a session with a head end of the network. The video content network provides at least first and second different categories of sessions to the service group. The request is evaluated against a policy. The policy specifies a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of the first category and a maximum utilization threshold for sessions of the second category. The request is granted if it is in conformance with the policy. The method may be carried out, for example, with a session resource manager apparatus.