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- Patent Title: Data client
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Application No.: US12730032Application Date: 2010-03-23
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Publication No.: US08566436B1Publication Date: 2013-10-22
- Inventor: Ion Stoica , Hui Zhang , Steven R. Mccanne , Jibin Zhan , Aditya R. Ganjam
- Applicant: Ion Stoica , Hui Zhang , Steven R. Mccanne , Jibin Zhan , Aditya R. Ganjam
- Applicant Address: US CA San Mateo
- Assignee: Conviva Inc.
- Current Assignee: Conviva Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Mateo
- Agency: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

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.
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