PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON USER BANDWIDTH

• US 20150281395A1
• Filed: 03/26/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Pandiarajan, Shunmugapandian, Jayakumar, John V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,525,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

A system may be configured to store different versions of a particular item of content, according to a group of content templates; and select a particular content template, of the group of content templates, to use in providing content in response to a request received from a user device. The particular content template may be selected based on bandwidth information regarding the user device. The bandwidth information may indicate a level of service to which a subscriber, associated with the user device, has subscribed. The bandwidth information may be based on a signal strength to a user device in a particular location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing, by one or more server devices, a plurality of versions of a particular item of content, each version being associated with a different content template, of a plurality of content templates;

receiving, by the one or more server devices and from a user device, a request for the particular item of content;

receiving, by the one or more server devices, bandwidth information regarding the user device,

the bandwidth information including information regarding a level of service to which a subscriber, associated with the user device, has subscribed;

selecting, by the one or more server devices, a particular content template, of the plurality of content templates,

the selecting being performed based on the received bandwidth information; and

outputting, by the one or more server devices and to the user device, the particular version of the particular item of content that is associated with the selected content template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for the particular item of content includes a resource identifier associated with the particular item of content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the bandwidth information regarding the user device includes receiving the bandwidth information as header information in a data packet that includes the request for the particular item of content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting different versions of the particular item of content, according to different content templates, of the plurality of content templates, consumes different amounts of bandwidth.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the bandwidth information includes information identifying at least one of:

a maximum bandwidth to which the subscriber has subscribed, or

a minimum bandwidth to which the subscriber has subscribed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the bandwidth information includes additional bandwidth information, in addition to the information that is based on the level of service to which the subscriber has subscribed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the bandwidth information includes information that indicates an actual measured bandwidth associated with the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, is associated with a different range of bandwidths, wherein selecting the particular content template includes:

determining, based on the bandwidth information, that a bandwidth associated with the user device falls within the bandwidth range, associated with the particular content template.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, corresponds to a different resolution, compression technique, or encoding technique associated with the particular item of content.

10. A system, comprising:

a memory device storing;

a plurality of versions of a particular item of content, each version being associated with a different content template, of a plurality of content templates;

a set of processor-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the computer-executable instructions causes the processor to;

select a particular content template, of the plurality of content templates, the selecting being performed based on;

a received request, from a user device, for the particular item of content, and

bandwidth information regarding the user device,

the bandwidth information including information regarding a level of service to which a subscriber, associated with the user device, has subscribed; and

output the particular version of the particular item of content that is associated with the selected content template.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the request for the particular item of content includes a resource identifier associated with the particular item of content.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein outputting different versions of the particular item of content, according to different content templates, of the plurality of content templates, consumes different amounts of bandwidth.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the bandwidth information includes information identifying at least one of:

a maximum bandwidth to which the subscriber has subscribed, or

a minimum bandwidth to which the subscriber has subscribed.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the bandwidth information includes additional bandwidth information, in addition to the information that is based on the level of service to which the subscriber has subscribed.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the bandwidth information includes information that indicates an actual measured bandwidth associated with the user device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, is associated with a different range of bandwidths, wherein selecting the particular content template includes:

determining, based on the bandwidth information, that a bandwidth associated with the user device falls within the bandwidth range, associated with the particular content template.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, corresponds to a different resolution, compression technique, or encoding technique associated with the particular item of content.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a network device, traffic from a user device;

determining, by the network device, subscriber bandwidth information associated with the user device;

modifying, by the network device, the traffic based on the determined subscriber bandwidth information; and

outputting, by the network device, the traffic to a destination device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the traffic includes a request for a particular item of content, and

wherein the modification to the traffic allows the destination device to select a particular version of the particular item of content based on the subscriber bandwidth information.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein modifying the traffic includes:

adding header information to the traffic, the header information including the subscriber bandwidth information.