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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Jeffrey S. Roberts, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Scott Evans, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael D. Zoran, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward F. Reus, Woodenville, WA (US);
Jeffrey S. Roberts, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Scott Evans, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael D. Zoran, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward F. Reus, Woodenville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and computer-readable media are provided for refining network utilization determination and download data block sizes in the transfer of a set of data over a network. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system includes a monitoring component, which obtains a network utilization rate at a plurality of intervals. The system also determines an average of the network utilization rates and calculates a block size of data to transfer during the intervals as a function of the average. The average may be weighted by allocating a higher ratio to the more recently obtained network utilization rate. The calculated block size may be directly proportional to the product of the average, the size of the interval, and network availability. Alternatively, the size of the intervals may be adjusted based on the calculated block size.