Patent · US Active

Data client

US8566436B1 · kind B1 · utility

7Cited by

19References

16Claims

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Assignee

Conviva Inc. · US

Inventors

Ion Stoica · Piedmont, US
Hui Zhang · Pittsburgh, US
Steven McCanne · Berkeley, US
Jibin Zhan · Foster City, US
Aditya R. Ganjam · Mountain View, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2010
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/1085
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Facilitating the distribution of content is disclosed. A request for content is received from a requesting peer. A peer type compatibility criteria is applied to an allocation process that allocates at least one sending peer to deliver the content to the requesting peer. The peer type compatibility criteria ensures that a lightweight peer is paired with a regular peer.

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