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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Ion Stoica, Piedmont, CA (US);
Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven R. Mccanne, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jibin Zhan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Aditya R. Ganjam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ion Stoica, Piedmont, CA (US);
Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven R. Mccanne, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jibin Zhan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Aditya R. Ganjam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Conviva Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Facilitating the distribution of content is disclosed. A request for content is received from a requesting peer. A peer type compatibility criteria is applied to an allocation process that allocates at least one sending peer to deliver the content to the requesting peer. The peer type compatibility criteria ensures that a lightweight peer is paired with a regular peer.