Claims
- 1. A communication network system, comprising:
a content server coupled with a transmitting location; a content server coupled with a receiving center; a QOS guaranteed network connecting the transmitting location and the receiving center; a non-QOS guaranteed network connecting the transmitting location and the receiving center; a buffer coupled with the transmitting location; a buffer coupled with the receiving center; a transmitting stream manager for routing traffic to either QOS guaranteed or non-QOS guaranteed data networks; a receiving stream manager for detecting demand for specific data at the receiving center.
- 2. The communication network of claim 1 where the QOS guaranteed data network is a QOS guaranteed quality of service (QOS) guaranteed network.
- 3. The communication network of claim 1 where the QOS guaranteed data network is any packet based network.
- 4. The communication network of claim 1 where the QOS guaranteed data network is a digital cable network between the transmitting location and the receiving location.
- 5. The communication network of claim 1 where the non-QOS guaranteed data network is an Internet Protocol (IP) based network.
- 6. The communication network of claim 1 where the non-QOS guaranteed data network is any packet based network.
- 7. The communication network of claim 1 where the non-QOS guaranteed data network is any communication network between the transmitting location and the receiving location.
- 8. The buffer of claim 1, where the buffer is capable of holding the data until all of the packets necessary to reconstruct the data is received.
- 9. The buffer of claim 1, where the buffer is able to reconstruct the data.
- 10. The receiving stream manager if claim 1 capable of detecting the buffer level at the receiving center.
- 11. The receiving stream manager of claim 1 capable of sending request to the stream manager at the transmitting location to increase the data transmission rate when the buffer level at the receiving center is below a threshold.
- 12. The receiving stream manager of claim 1 capable of sending request to the stream manager at the transmitting location to give higher priority to specific data.
- 13. The receiving stream manager of claim 1 capable of sending request to the stream manager at the transmitting location to stop giving higher priority to specific data.
- 14. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of detecting the buffer level at the transmitting location.
- 15. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of increasing data transmission rate by utilizing the non-QOS guaranteed network when the buffer level at the transmitting location is above a threshold.
- 16. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of increasing data transmission rate by utilizing the non-QOS guaranteed network upon receiving request to do so from the receiving stream manager.
- 17. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of receiving request from the stream manager at the receiving center to give higher priority to specific data.
- 18. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of redirecting content to the non-QOS guaranteed network.
- 19. The transmitting stream manager of claim 1 capable of resuming normal delivery of data to the receiving center.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present disclosure claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/253,961, filed Nov. 29, 2000, and entitled “Hybrid Star-Overflow Network,” the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60253961 |
Nov 2000 |
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