Patent ID: 9712444
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for providing quality of service, the method comprising: identifying a high network traffic event at a node; providing a user score to each user account of a plurality of user accounts, wherein the plurality of user accounts corresponds to a plurality of user devices connected to the node, wherein the high network traffic event is identified by receiving quality of service information from the plurality of user devices; responsive to identifying the high network traffic event, providing instructions to a subset of user devices of the plurality of user devices, wherein the instructions comprise instructions for the subset of devices to enter a low traffic mode, wherein the devices in low traffic mode send and receive media in a resolution that is lower than devices not subject to the low traffic mode, wherein each device of the subset of devices corresponds to a user account with a user score below a threshold, wherein the user score is calculated for each user based on one or more of the user's number of friends, an aggregate user score of all of the user's friends, and the user's rating, and wherein the low traffic mode lowers the resolution of media to a degree corresponding to the user score of each device's user, wherein a lower user score corresponds to a greater lowering of resolution; identifying that the high network traffic event has completed; disabling the low traffic mode for devices corresponding to the subset of the plurality of users; and retransmitting the media that was sent and received from each user's device during low traffic mode.