Patent · US Active

Managing access to digital content sources

US8291062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2003
Grant dateOct 16, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/61
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Access to content may be enabled by receiving an instruction indicating a client request to access content, accessing a list of content sources capable of rendering the content for which access is requested by the client, determining a performance metric for at least two of the content sources, and selecting among the content sources based on the performance metric to identify a content source to be accessed by the client.

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