Quality of service for transmission of digital content

• US 20070130046A1
• Filed: 12/06/2005
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lippershy Celestial LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Lippershy Celestial LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander, Khan, Shabbir
• Application Number:
  US11/295,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20070130046A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/302 Route determination based on requested QoS

Abstract

Methods, and/or systems, and/or apparatus for specifying quality of service for transmission of digital content are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested quality of service and digital content size;

transmitting an upload request price quote based on the requested quality of service and digital content size to the customer; and

receiving a price quote acceptance from the customer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring a router to provide requested quality of service.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving an upload of the digital content from the customer.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising tracking progress of the upload from the customer.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting an updated upload request price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting an updated upload request price quote to the customer during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting a series of updated upload request price quotes to the customer at regular intervals during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

8. The method of claim 7, further transmitting at least a portion of the digital content to a destination node in response to receiving the price quote acceptance from the customer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmission of the at least a portion of the digital content commences during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

10. The method of claim 1, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding upload transmission speed.

11. The method of claim 1, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding requested delivery time.

12. The method of claim 1, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

13. The method of claim 1, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

14. The method of claim 1, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested price, requested quality of service, and digital content size;

transmitting an upload request acceptance to the customer; and

configuring a router to provide requested quality of service.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving an upload of the digital content from the customer.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising tracking progress of the upload from the customer.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting an updated price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

19. The method of claim 15, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding upload transmission speed.

20. The method of claim 15, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding requested delivery time.

21. The method of claim 15, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

22. The method of claim 15, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

23. The method of claim 15, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.

24. An apparatus, comprising:

a computing platform adapted to

receive an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested quality of service and digital content size;

transmit an upload request price quote based on the requested quality of service and digital content size to the customer; and

receive a price quote acceptance from the customer.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, the computing platform further adapted to configure a router to provide requested quality of service.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, the computing platform further adapted to receive an upload of the digital content from the customer.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, the computing platform further adapted to track progress of the upload from the customer.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, the computing platform further adapted to transmit an updated upload request price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, the computing platform further adapted to transmit an updated upload request price quote to the customer during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, the computing platform further adapted to transmit a series of updated upload request price quotes to the customer at regular intervals during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, the computing platform further adapted to transmit at least a portion of the digital content to a destination node in response to receiving the price quote acceptance from the customer.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the computing platform is adapted to commence the transmission of the at least a portion of the digital content during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

33. The apparatus of claim 24, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding upload transmission speed.

34. The apparatus of claim 24, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding requested delivery time.

35. The apparatus of claim 24, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

36. The apparatus of claim 24, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

37. The apparatus of claim 24, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.

38. An apparatus, comprising:

a computing platform adapted to

receive an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested price, requested quality of service, and digital content size;

transmit an upload request acceptance to the customer; and

configure a router to provide requested quality of service.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, the computing platform further adapted to receive an upload of the digital content from the customer.

40. The apparatus of claim 39, the computing platform further adapted to track progress of the upload from the customer.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, the computing platform further adapted to transmit an updated price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

42. The apparatus of claim 38, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding upload transmission speed.

43. The apparatus of claim 38, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding requested delivery time.

44. The apparatus of claim 38, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

45. The apparatus of claim 38, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

46. The apparatus of claim 38, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.

47. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, if executed, result in performance of a method comprising;

receiving an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested quality of service and digital content size;

transmitting an upload request price quote based on the requested quality of service and digital content size to the customer; and

receiving a price quote acceptance from the customer.

48. The article of claim 47, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in configuring a router to provide requested quality of service.

49. The article of claim 47, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in receiving an upload of the digital content from the customer.

50. The article of claim 49, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in tracking progress of the upload from the customer.

51. The article of claim 50, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in transmitting an updated upload request price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

52. The article of claim 50, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in transmitting an updated upload request price quote to the customer during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

53. The article of claim 50, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in transmitting a series of updated upload request price quotes to the customer at regular intervals during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

54. The article of claim 53, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in transmitting at least a portion of the digital content to a destination node in response to receiving the price quote acceptance from the customer.

55. The article of claim 54, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in commencing the transmission of the at least a portion of the digital content during the upload of the digital content from the customer.

56. The article of claim 47, wherein the upload request from the customer further includes information regarding upload transmission speed.

57. The article of claim 47, wherein the upload request from the customer further includes information regarding requested delivery time.

58. The article of claim 47, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

59. The article of claim 47, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

60. The article of claim 47, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.

61. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, if executed, result in performance of a method comprising;

receiving an upload request from a customer, the upload request including information regarding requested price, requested quality of service, and digital content size;

transmitting an upload request acceptance to the customer; and

configuring a router to provide requested quality of service.

62. The article of claim 61, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in receiving an upload of the digital content from the customer.

63. The article of claim 62, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in tracking progress of the upload from the customer.

64. The article of claim 63, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in transmitting an updated price quote to the customer in response to a termination of the upload by the customer.

65. The article of claim 61, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding upload transmission speed.

66. The article of claim 61, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding requested delivery time.

67. The article of claim 61, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding compression of the digital content.

68. The article of claim 61, the upload request from the customer further including information regarding security of the digital content.

69. The article of claim 61, the upload request from the customer further including billing account information.