发明名称 Data rate control
摘要 A method of controlling the rate of data transmission to a user via a communications link of a network wherein resource requests are communicated to a service provider. The resource requests are determined in accordance with an indication of the congestion level on the network and the user's defined parameters, such as their willingness to pay for the resource, wherein the resource request is weighted by a variable parameter, whose value is set in accordance with the congestion level on the network. This allows the rate controller to react efficiently and swiftly to network conditions as well as user defined parameters. By providing a computer programmed to act as a purchasing agent an automatic resource request to a service provider is enabled. An embodiment is described in which audio or video data is streamed to a user on the basis of the resource requests made on the user's behalf and is adjusted on the basis of user and network defined parameters. The invention could equally be used to provide appropriate data streaming for many different types of network traffic.
申请公布号 US2006026004(A1) 申请公布日期 2006.02.02
申请号 US20050521480 申请日期 2005.01.18
申请人 发明人 VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN PETERJAN
分类号 G06F17/30;G06Q99/00;H04L12/14;H04L12/54;H04L12/56;H04L29/06;H04L29/08;H04L29/12;H04N7/173;H04N7/24 主分类号 G06F17/30
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