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Managing bandwidth over a computer network having a management computer that allocates bandwidth to client computers upon request

  • US 5,673,393 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1996
  • Issued: 09/30/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • (a) a management computer; and

    (b) two or more client computers, wherein;

    the management computer and the client computers are electrically interconnected over a packet-switched computer network;

    a first client computer requests an allocation of a specific amount of transmission bandwidth from the management computer for transmissions over the network with a second client computer;

    the management computer determines whether to grant permission to the first client computer and if so the management computer allocates transmission bandwidth for the first client computer, wherein the allocated transmission bandwidth is less than the requested transmission bandwidth;

    the management computer informs the first client computer of the allocated transmission bandwidth; and

    the first client computer initiates transmissions over the network with the second client computer based on the allocated transmission bandwidth.

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