Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for communicating content files based on destination priority

• US 9,923,763 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2015
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ericsson AB (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Ericsson AB (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Phillips, Chris, Reynolds, Jennifer Ann, Forsman, Robert Hammond, Dasher, Charles Hammett
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Quang N
• Application Number:
  US14/745,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20150295762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709238, 705 34, 725 91, 455 306, 370235, 370230, 348 1408, 713152
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5632 Bandwidth allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/528 Minimum bandwidth guarantee
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/6275 based on priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing

Abstract

A method for communicating content files based on destination priority includes processing a content file to determine a plurality of destination sites to which the content file is to be transmitted, assigning priority levels to the plurality of destination sites, allocating a plurality of bandwidth portions on a communication link to the plurality of destination sites, respectively, based on the priority levels assigned to the plurality of destination sites, and transmitting the content file to the plurality of destination sites using the plurality of bandwidth portions allocated to the plurality of destination on the communication link, respectively.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system, comprising:

determining a plurality of destination sites to which a content file is to be transmitted;

assigning priority levels to the plurality of destination sites;

allocating a plurality of bandwidth portions on a communication link outgoing from the data processing system to the plurality of destination sites, respectively, based on the priority levels assigned to the plurality of destination sites;

transmitting the content file to the plurality of destination sites using the plurality of bandwidth portions allocated to the plurality of destination sites on the communication link, respectively; and

wherein the assigning of the priority levels to the plurality of destination sites comprises;

identifying a time by which the content file is to reach one of the plurality of destination sites;

determining a size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions associated with the one of the plurality of destination sites based on the time that was identified; and

assigning the priority levels based on the size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions that was determined.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining a queue comprising a plurality of content files; and

prioritizing the plurality of content files for transmission;

wherein the content file is one of the plurality of content files having a highest priority in the queue for transmission.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein prioritizing the plurality of content files for transmission comprises:

prioritizing the plurality of content files for transmission based on file formats associated with the content files, respectively.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein prioritizing the plurality of content files for transmission comprises:

prioritizing the plurality of content files for transmission based on subject matter contained in the content files.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content file comprises at least one of video, voice, audio, and text.

6. A data processing system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the processor, the at least one memory comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the at least one processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

determine a plurality of destination sites to which a content file is to be transmitted;

assign priority levels to the plurality of destination sites;

allocate a plurality of bandwidth portions on a communication link outgoing from the data processing system to the plurality of destination sites, respectively, based on the priority levels assigned to the plurality of destination sites;

transmit the content file to the plurality of destination sites using the plurality of bandwidth portions allocated to the plurality of destination sites on the communication link, respectively; and

wherein the operation to assign the priority levels to the plurality of destination sites comprises;

identify a time by which the content file is to reach one of the plurality of destination sites;

determine a size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions associated with the one of the plurality of destination sites based on the time that was identified; and

assign the priority levels based on the size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions that was determined.

7. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable program medium comprising computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

determine a plurality of destination sites to which a content file is to be transmitted;

assign priority levels to the plurality of destination sites;

allocate a plurality of bandwidth portions on a communication link outgoing from the computer program product to the plurality of destination sites, respectively, based on the priority levels assigned to the plurality of destination sites;

transmit the content file to the plurality of destination sites using the plurality of bandwidth portions allocated to the plurality of destination sites on the communication link, respectively;

wherein the operation to assign the priority levels to the plurality of destination sites comprises;

identify a time by which the content file is to reach one of the plurality of destination sites;

determine a size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions associated with the one of the plurality of destination sites based on the time that was identified; and

assign the priority levels based on the size of the one of the plurality of bandwidth portions that was determined.