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Reservations in real-time brokering of digital content delivery

  • US 8,954,588 B1
  • Filed: 08/25/2012
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting digital content via a communication network, comprising:

  • receiving, by a computer, a request for a plurality of options for delivering the digital content via a communication network;

    determining, by a computer, a demand for resources of the communication network;

    creating a congestion model modeling a congestion of the communication network;

    building, by a computer, a plurality of options for delivering the digital content based on the determined demand for resources of the communication network and based on the congestion model;

    transmitting, by a computer, the plurality of options;

    receiving, by a computer, a boundary reservation, wherein the boundary reservation comprises an uncommitted reservation of resources corresponding to a worst case consumption of network resources associated with a plurality of delivery options identified by a computer;

    creating, by a computer, at least one uncommitted reservation based on the boundary reservation, wherein the at least one uncommitted reservation is determined based on potential consumption of communication network resources when fulfilling one of the plurality of digital content delivery offers;

    modifying, by a computer, the determined demand for resources of the communication network based on the uncommitted reservation,whereby a system for providing a plurality of offers for digital content delivery is supported.

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