Network path selection by customer premises equipment
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1. A method of determining a network path for communication for a customer premise equipment (CPE), the method comprising:
- receiving, at the CPE, network information for each of a plurality of network paths between the CPE and the Internet, the network information comprising respective bandwidth occupancy information, and respective quality of service information;
receiving, with the CPE, one or more user preferences indicating a minimum bandwidth for a selected network path;
selecting, with the CPE the selected network path from the plurality of network paths based, at least in part, on bandwidth occupancy of the selected network path and a determination that the selected network path provides at least the minimum bandwidth;
switching, via the CPE, communications from a first network path of the plurality of network paths to the selected network path responsive to a determination that the selected network path provides at least one of a higher quality of service or lower bandwidth occupancy than the first network path; and
communicating, by the CPE, over the selected network path.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a user of communications services with free market based pricing may include providing for communications over one of multiple network paths serviced by multiple respective communications service providers via at least one communications network. One of the network paths over which to communicate based on current pricing from the multiple communications service providers may be selected and communications may be performed over the selected network path.
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1. A method of determining a network path for communication for a customer premise equipment (CPE), the method comprising:
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receiving, at the CPE, network information for each of a plurality of network paths between the CPE and the Internet, the network information comprising respective bandwidth occupancy information, and respective quality of service information; receiving, with the CPE, one or more user preferences indicating a minimum bandwidth for a selected network path; selecting, with the CPE the selected network path from the plurality of network paths based, at least in part, on bandwidth occupancy of the selected network path and a determination that the selected network path provides at least the minimum bandwidth; switching, via the CPE, communications from a first network path of the plurality of network paths to the selected network path responsive to a determination that the selected network path provides at least one of a higher quality of service or lower bandwidth occupancy than the first network path; and communicating, by the CPE, over the selected network path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A customer premise equipment (CPE) comprising:
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a memory; a processing unit in communication with the memory, the processing unit configured to; receive network information for each of a plurality of network paths between the CPE and the Internet, the network information comprising respective bandwidth occupancy information, and respective quality of service information; receive one or more user preferences indicating a minimum bandwidth for a selected network path; select one of the plurality of network paths as the selected network path based, at least in part, on bandwidth occupancy of the selected network path and a determination that the selected network path provides at least the minimum bandwidth; switch communications from a first network path of the plurality of network paths to the selected network path responsive to a determination that the selected network path provides at least one of a higher quality of service or lower bandwidth occupancy than the first network path; and communicate over the selected network path. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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