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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Edward F. Reus, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher S. Gouge, Redmond, WA (US);
Steve P. Shih, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward F. Reus, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher S. Gouge, Redmond, WA (US);
Steve P. Shih, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A regulation service can deliver software packages to client computer systems while minimizing the overall effect on network (internet or LAN) traffic and/or server loads. In one implementation, the regulation service assigns acceptance rates to different software packages based on any number of different factors. Upon request for a software package, the regulation service can provide the acceptance rate and a refresh rate that differs for each software package. A client computer system can then calculate an access value, and if the access value is within an acceptance rate, the client computer system can access (e.g., download) a corresponding software package. If the access value is outside of the acceptance rate, the client computer system can refresh its requests until it identifies that the acceptance rate has changed, and the calculated value is within the new acceptance rate. Additional implementations include delivering bandwidth management policies to client computer systems.