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1. A method for categorizing a downloading of a resource to a user device from a resource server in a data network, the method comprising:
receiving, at an intermediate network device in the data network, data of one or more requests from the user device, wherein each of the one or more requests is a request for a different portion of, or the whole of, the resource to be downloaded to the user device; forwarding the data of each of the one or more requests from the intermediate network device to the resource server; receiving, at the intermediate network device, data of one or more responses from the resource server, each response corresponding to a respective one of the requests; determining, at the intermediate network device, a size of, or an estimate of the size of, each of the one or more responses; categorising, at the intermediate network device, the downloading of the resource to the client device as being one of one or more pre-defined download categories, wherein the categorising is based on a count of the one or more responses and the determined sizes or estimated sizes of the one or more responses. |
