Method and system for controlling the use of dormant capacity for distributing data
US11533366B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/5681
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for storing content includes determining candidate locations for pre-positioning a content at a content distribution system within a network. The method further includes communicating probe signals to the candidate locations, generating acknowledgement signals at candidate locations comprising storage availability data and compute data, selecting a real-time communication of the content or a pre-positioning communication of the content to form a selected communication based on dormant network capacity and at least one of a likelihood of consumption, the likelihood of consumption relative to a cost of storage, a cost of compute, and comparison of a cost of serving the content in real-time and a cost of serving the content using pre-positioning, selecting a selected content storage location for the content based on the storage availability data and compute data from the acknowledgment signals. The content is communicated to and stored at the selected content storage location.
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