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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takuto Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Arifumi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A server selection device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication environment information indicating communication environment and quality information indicating communication quality for each of communications made regarding each of a plurality of servers that are candidates for distribution of content to a client; a calculator that calculates a score reflecting probabilistic deterioration in communication quality for each of combinations between a server and communication environment information based on a history of the communication environment information and the quality information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a selector that selects a server to deliver content to the client based on the score calculated by the calculator, thereby enabling the selection of a server less likely to affect the quality of experience.