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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr., Castle Rock, CO (US);
Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr., Castle Rock, CO (US);
Starz Entertainment, LLC, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth utilization including off-peak, background delivery of content. According to one embodiment, a method of managing bandwidth used for delivering content to a plurality of users can comprise determining one or more destinations for the content and determining available bandwidth for delivering the content to the one or more destinations. A set of criteria can be applied to the content, the one or more destinations for the content, and the available bandwidth. A schedule for delivery of the content can be generated based on applying the set of criteria. The content can be delivered to the one or more destinations based on the schedule.