18815358. DOWNLOAD CONTROL IN MULTI-SERVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION)

DOWNLOAD CONTROL IN MULTI-SERVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Organization Name

DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Mingchao Yu of Sydney AU

Oliver O'neill of Chapman AU

Thomas Franklin Antioch of Chatswood AU

Vahid Naghshin of Parramatta AU

Jason Michael Cloud of Clayton CA US

Mark Craig Reed of Gordon AU

Jeffrey Riedmiller of Novato CA US

Elliot Osborne of Neutral Bay AU

DOWNLOAD CONTROL IN MULTI-SERVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18815358 titled 'DOWNLOAD CONTROL IN MULTI-SERVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

Apparatuses and methods for data traffic management in multi-source content delivery are described. The apparatus includes a downloader and a controller. The downloader is coupled to servers via communication links. The controller is configured to determine initial download requests for the servers based on predetermined information about a quality of the links. The controller is also configured to send the initial download requests to the servers with the downloader. The controller is further configured to update the information about the quality of the communication links after the downloader receives data associated with a data file from the servers via the communication links. The controller is also configured to determine subsequent download requests for the servers based on the updated information about the quality of the communication links. The controller of further configured to send the subsequent download requests to the servers via the downloader.