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

Claim 0:
1. A method for servicing requests for content in a content delivery network (CDN), the method comprising:
setting, by a content server, an initial congestion window (CWND) value for a communication session between a client device and the content server for providing information to the client device;
receiving, by the content server from the client device, a request for the content, the request comprising an identification of the content;
determining, by the content server, a content type based on the identification of the content from a database of content information, 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; and
resetting, by the content server, the initial CWND value for the communication session between the client device and the content server based at least on the file size and the estimated urgency.