Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Content broker that offers preloading opportunities
- Patent Title (中): 提供预加载机会的内容代理
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Application No.: US13789402Application Date: 2013-03-07
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Publication No.: US09210217B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Gregory G. Raleigh , Jose Tellado
- Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
- Current Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agent Brian R. Short
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for a content broker that offers preloading opportunities, are disclosed. One content broker system includes at least one content distribution server coupled through one or more communications networks to a plurality of user devices and one or more content providers. The at least one content distribution server is operative to obtain at least one of a user device parameter or a user parameter, wherein the user parameter is associated with at least one user associated with one or more of the plurality of user devices. The at least one content distribution server is further operative to classify a plurality of storage elements associated with the plurality of user devices based on the at least one of the user device parameter or the user parameter, offer preloading opportunities to at least one of the one or more content providers, select a content from a plurality of content available from the one or more content providers based on the classified plurality of storage elements and responses to the offered preloading opportunities, and assist preloading of at least a portion of the selected content to at least one of the plurality of storage elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130238762A1 CONTENT BROKER THAT OFFERS PRELOADING OPPORTUNITIES Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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