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Customer experience management interaction with caching

US11012490B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2012
Grant dateMay 18, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/568
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment includes a method and apparatus for allocating resources for the streaming of multimedia content in a network. The method includes analyzing multimedia content to determine media characteristics of the multimedia content, receiving a request to access the multimedia content from a user, and sending a request for resources for the multimedia content to a traffic management node. The request for resources includes the determined media characteristics of the multimedia content.

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