Targeted delivery of download for connected devices

• US 10,554,735 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2017
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sarda, Harin D., Panje, Krishna Prasad
• Primary Examiner(s): Madamba, Glenford J
• Application Number:
  US15/680,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20190058757A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• 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

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a selection of a device for receiving a download associated with one or more other devices. When a download is targeted to a plurality of devices, an individual device may be selected from the plurality of devices, and the selected device may retrieve the download. After retrieving the download, the selected device may share the download with the rest of the plurality of devices. The individual device may be selected based upon status information associated with each of the plurality of devices, and the selected device may be a device that is free or relatively less busy than the other devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;

retrieving status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;

based upon the retrieved status information, selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;

receiving the download at the selected device;

outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download; and

when the selected device is selected, outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises an instruction for the other devices to forego a retrieval of the download from an upstream server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting the download from the selected device to each respective one device of the other devices of the plurality of devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has the most available resources relative to the other devices; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the download comprises an in-band download, and wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has a free tuner; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting an acknowledgment to an upstream server when a respective device of the other devices of the plurality of devices successfully receives the download from the selected device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices comprises a measure of resources of the respective one device that are available for utilization in a retrieval of the download.

7. A customer premise equipment device that:

receives download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;

retrieves status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;

based upon the retrieved status information, selects a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;

receives the download at the selected device;

outputs a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download; and

when the selected device is selected, outputs a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises an instruction for the other devices to forego a retrieval of the download from an upstream server.

8. The customer premise equipment device of claim 7, wherein the customer premise equipment device further:

outputs the download from the selected device to each respective one device of the other devices of the plurality of devices.

9. The customer premise equipment device of claim 7, wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has the most available resources relative to the other devices; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

10. The customer premise equipment device of claim 7, wherein the download comprises an in-band download, and wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has a free tuner; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

11. The customer premise equipment device of claim 7, wherein the customer premise equipment device further:

outputs an acknowledgment to an upstream server when a respective device of the other devices of the plurality of devices successfully receives the download from the selected device.

12. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

receiving download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;

retrieving status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;

based upon the retrieved status information, selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;

receiving the download at the selected device;

outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download; and

when the selected device is selected, outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises an instruction for the other devices to forego a retrieval of the download from an upstream server.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

outputting the download from the selected device to each respective one device of the other devices of the plurality of devices.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has the most available resources relative to the other devices; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein the download comprises an in-band download, and wherein selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices comprises:

based upon the retrieved status information, identifying a device from the plurality of devices that has a free tuner; and

selecting the identified device to receive the download.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

outputting an acknowledgment to an upstream server when a respective device of the other devices of the plurality of devices successfully receives the download from the selected device.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 12, wherein the status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices comprises a measure of resources of the respective one device that are available for utilization in a retrieval of the download.