System and method for selecting data providers
US7616582B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10015
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A preferred data provider is selected from a plurality of data providers by receiving a request for data from a client together with client identification data, identifying a plurality of data providers capable of providing data to the client, providing the client identification data to the data providers and instructing the data providers to perform tests in order to establish a measure of the elapsed time for a signal to be sent to and received from the client, and a measure indicative of their remaining capacity for data transfer, and to make these measures available to the system. One or more preferred data providers may then be selected on the basis of the elapsed time signals and the remaining capacity signals from the data providers.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.