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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Arris Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Carol J. Ansley, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Andrew J. B. Poole, Louisville, CO (US);

Assignee:

ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of optimizing the delivery of content over a content delivery network to client devices in accordance with optimization rules is provided. Requests for allocation and release of content delivery resources over a content delivery network are monitored, and the processing capabilities of client devices receiving content over the content delivery network are determined. Network resources are re-allocated based on optimization rules and the processing capabilities, and the client devices are directed to use re-allocated resources for reception of content. Apparatus and client devices for performing the method are also disclosed.


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