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Dynamic polling control for content distribution

  • US 20080091773A1
  • Filed: 10/16/2006
  • Published: 04/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a polling processor configured to receive from multiple clients, polling request messages querying about status of downloadable content in a content distribution system, and to respond with polling response messages, said polling request messages having been sent at client-specific polling instants; and

    a polling controller configured to re-calculate, in response to a detected predetermined event, said client-specific polling instants in order to arrange the client-specific polling instants into polling time slots, each polling time slot having no more than a predetermined maximum amount of polling instants, and to send the re-calculated client-specific polling instants to their respective clients.

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