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US9124601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24References

20Claims

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Assignee

Conviva Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2013
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/1076
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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