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Optimizing communications

  • US 8,942,225 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 01/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • evaluating a utility function for two or more end-user nodes to determine a quantitative measure of end-user benefit that would be derived by a respective end-user node if a data stream is consumed by the respective end-user node, the utility function being dependent on a route of the data stream to the two or more end-user nodes;

    receiving information from each of the two or more end-user nodes corresponding to the evaluation of its respective utility function;

    determining an overall utility value based on the information in the evaluation received from each of the two or more end-user nodes;

    selecting one of the at least two different routes based on the overall utility values of the at least two different routes; and

    routing the data stream to the two or more end-user nodes via the selected route.

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