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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Howard Pfeffer, Reston, VA (US);
Kenneth Gould, Oakton, VA (US);
Ron Da Silva, Ashburn, VA (US);
Time Warner Cable, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing premium transport in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network. An edge server in a DOCSIS-compliant cable network maintains a list of preferred content providers (PCPs). For each PCP, the PCP list comprises matching criteria. The edge server monitors the header of incoming packets for the matching criteria. A packet that matches the matching criteria is modified by the edge server causing the packet to be associated with a 'premium' downstream service flow. Packets sent in response to a 'preferred' packet are parsed by a cable modem and routed upstream according to a “premium” upstream service flow.