Patent ID: 11876716
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. A content delivery network (CDN) networking device comprising:
at least one communication port for receiving a request for content from a client device, the request comprising an identification of the content;
a processing device; and
a computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs operations to:
set an initial congestion window (CWND) value for a communication session with the client device, the communication session to provide information to the client device;
access a database of content information to determine a content type of the requested content based at least on the identification of the requested content received from the client device, in response to the request for the content, the content type comprising an indication of a file size of the requested content and an estimated urgency of receiving the requested content;
reset the initial CWND value for the communication session with the client device based at least on the file size of the requested content and the estimated urgency; and
provide a portion of the requested content to the client device over the at least one communication port based at least on the reset initial CWND value.