The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Conviva Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ion Stoica, Piedmont, CA (US);
Hui Zhang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven R. Mccanne, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jibin Zhan, Foster City, CA (US);
Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conviva Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Facilitating the distribution of content is disclosed. A request for content is received from a requesting peer. A peer type of the requesting peer is determined. Determining the peer type of the requesting peer includes determining whether the requesting peer is a regular peer or a lightweight peer. A regular peer is one that is able to accept incoming connection requests and initiate connections. A lightweight peer is one that has less functionality than the regular peer.