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Method for transferring data over a network

  • US 7,522,536 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2004
  • Issued: 04/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method of transferring a set of data over a network, the method comprising:

  • monitoring the level of actual network bandwidth utilization of a communications device by periodically sampling, at the communications device, an amount of incoming and outgoing data transferred over a given time period;

    calculating network speed related elements as a function of the monitored level of actual network bandwidth utilization, the network speed related elements including a download rate, a global speed, and a percent-free;

    calculating a block size to transfer as a function of the network speed related elements; and

    facilitation transfer of said block size portion of the set of data over the network at one or more intervals.

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