Providing content based on user bandwidth

• US 9,525,755 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2014
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/226,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20150281395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/224, 709/230, 709/232, 709/234, 709/235, 709/246
• 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,

wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, is associated with a different range of bandwidths,

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;

receiving, by the one or more server devices, a request for the particular item of content, the request having been originally generated by a user device and subsequently modified by an intermediate device, prior to having been received by the one or more server devices, to include bandwidth information regarding the user device;

identifying, by the one or more server devices, the bandwidth information regarding the user device included in the modified request,

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,

the selecting further including 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; 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,

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the maximum bandwidth or the minimum bandwidth.

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,

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the additional bandwidth information.

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

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the actual measured bandwidth.

8. 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,

wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, is associated with a different range of bandwidths,

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;

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 for the particular item of content, the request having originated at a user device and further having been modified by a server device to include bandwidth information regarding the user device,

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

a determination, based on the bandwidth information, that a bandwidth associated with the user device falls within the bandwidth range, associated with the particular content template; and

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

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the request for the particular item of content includes a resource identifier associated with the particular item of content.

10. The system of claim 8, 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.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the level of service to which the subscriber has subscribed 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,

wherein the selecting is performed further based on the maximum bandwidth or the minimum bandwidth.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to receive bandwidth information in addition to the level of service to which the subscriber has subscribed,

wherein the selecting is performed further based on the additional bandwidth information.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the additional bandwidth information includes information that indicates an actual measured bandwidth associated with the user device.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of one or more server devices, cause the one or more server devices to:

store 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,

wherein each content template, of the plurality of content templates, is associated with a different range of bandwidths,

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;

receive a request for the particular item of content, the request having been originally generated by a user device and subsequently modified by an intermediate device, prior to having been received by the one or more server devices, to include bandwidth information regarding the user device;

identify the bandwidth information regarding the user device included in the modified request,

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

select a particular content template, of the plurality of content templates, the selecting being performed based on the received bandwidth information,

the selecting further including 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; and

output, to the user device, the particular version of the particular item of content that is associated with the selected content template.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the request for the particular item of content includes a resource identifier associated with the particular item of content.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, 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.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, 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.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, 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,

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the maximum bandwidth or the minimum bandwidth.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, 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,

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the additional bandwidth information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the bandwidth information includes information that indicates an actual measured bandwidth associated with the user device,

wherein the selecting, performed based on the received bandwidth information, is performed further based on the actual measured bandwidth.