METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BACKGROUND REPLICATION OF DATA OBJECTS
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a system and method may manage network resources to provide a near zero-cost background replication of data. Such a system may be inhibited from causing interference with foreground data flows. Such a system may also utilize a large fraction of spare network bandwidth. A system configured to implement such a method may include one or more servers and at least one client in communication via a to network. Additionally the system may include a hint server, a monitor and/or a front-end application between a demand server and the network.
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320 Claims
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1-319. -319. (canceled)
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320. A method of controlling data transmission over a communication network, comprising:
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receiving a request for one or more data packets; sending the one or more data packets; determining a time that a first data packet of the one or more data packets was sent; receiving an acknowledgement of receipt of at least the first data packet; determining a time that the acknowledgement of receipt of the first data packet was received; indicating that significant network congestion exists on the communication network when a number of round trip times that exceed a threshold round trip time exceeds a threshold number, wherein a round trip time comprises an elapsed time between the time that the one or more data packets is sent and the time that an acknowledgement of receipt of the one or more data packets is received, and wherein the threshold round trip time is a fraction of a difference between an estimated congested round trip time and an estimated uncongested round trip time.
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