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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Scotia, NY (US);
Aiman Albert Abdel-Malek, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An Internet download enhancement system for downloading a file comprising an application arranged to initiate a download process and receive a downloaded file over one of a narrow band download path and a broadband broadcast download path, wherein modules in communication with the application are arranged to provide selectable download options among the available download paths. The selectable download options are based at least on an unused bandwidth of one or more of the download paths, thereby enabling the input of a selected download option. The modules are arranged in response to the input to cause a download process to download files over one of the narrow band download path and the broadband broadcast download path and then to output the downloaded file to application.