DYNAMIC CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SAME

• US 20160344602A1
• Filed: 08/02/2016
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gregory A. Pearson, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gregory A. Pearson, Inc.
• Inventors: Pearson, Gregory A., Hall, David B., Hamilton, Ronald Shane
• Granted Patent: US 10,075,359 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0858 One way delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0888 Throughput
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/106 using time related information in packets, e.g. by adding timestamps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/365 Dynamic adaptation of the packet size
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Content delivery systems and related methods can provide dynamic content across a network, based on detected network performance. An exemplary method can include transmitting a request to deliver requested content over a network. The method can further include transmitting a first confirmation responsive to receiving a test packet. Additionally, the method can include receiving, a first data set that is at least a first portion of the requested content and which includes a second request for confirmation, and transmitting a second confirmation. Finally, the method can include receiving a second data set, the second data set that is at least a second portion of the requested content and that is different from the first portion of the requested content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, from a client device and to a remote server, a request to deliver requested content over a network;

responsive to receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a test packet comprising a first request for confirmation, transmitting, to the remote server, a first confirmation;

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a first data set, the first data set being at least a first portion of the requested content, and the first data set comprising a second request for confirmation;

transmitting, to the remote server, a second confirmation; and

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a second data set, the second data set being at least a second portion of the requested content, the second portion of the requested content being different from the first portion of the requested content, and the second data set received responsive to determining, by the remote server, a change in network performance based at least in part on a comparison of the first confirmation and the second confirmation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested content comprises content of a web page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the requested content has a smaller transmission size than the first portion of the requested content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data set is a primary data set and the second data set is an alternate data set.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data set is of higher quality than the second data set.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first confirmation comprises a timestamp.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the change in network performance is a reduction in network latency.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

a first server having a memory for storing a first data set;

a second server having a memory for storing a second data set;

at least one memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured for storing data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform a method comprising;

transmitting, from a client device and to a remote server, a request to deliver requested content over a network;

responsive to receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a test packet comprising a first request for confirmation, transmitting, to the remote server, a first confirmation;

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a first data set, the first data set being at least a first portion of the requested content, and the first data set comprising a second request for confirmation;

transmitting, to the remote server, a second confirmation; and

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a second data set, the second data set being at least a second portion of the requested content, the second portion of the requested content being different from the first portion of the requested content, and the second data set received responsive to determining, by the remote server, a change in network performance based at least in part on a comparison of the first confirmation and the second confirmation.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the requested content comprises content of a web page.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the second portion of the requested content has a smaller transmission size than the first portion of the requested content.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the first data set is a primary data set and the second data set is an alternate data set.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first data set is of higher quality than the second data set.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first confirmation comprises a timestamp.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the change in network performance is a reduction in network latency.

15. A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform a method comprising:

transmitting, from a client device and to a remote server, a request to deliver requested content over a network;

responsive to receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a test packet comprising a first request for confirmation, transmitting, to the remote server, a first confirmation;

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a first data set, the first data set being at least a first portion of the requested content, and the first data set comprising a second request for confirmation;

transmitting, to the remote server, a second confirmation; and

receiving, at the client device and from the remote server, a second data set, the second data set being at least a second portion of the requested content, the second portion of the requested content being different from the first portion of the requested content, and the second data set received responsive to determining, by the remote server, a change in network performance based at least in part on a comparison of the first confirmation and the second confirmation.

16. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the requested content comprises content of a web page.

17. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the second portion of the requested content has a smaller transmission size than the first portion of the requested content.

18. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the first data set is a primary data set and the second data set is an alternate data set.

19. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the first data set is of higher quality than the second data set.

20. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the change in network performance is a reduction in network latency.