Patent ID: 8751613
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: aggregating, based at least on physical location information for one or more endpoints that is stored by an application-layer traffic optimization (ALTO) server, the endpoints into a set of multiple PIDs by associating endpoints that are proximate to each other with respective PIDs in the set of PIDs; generating, with the ALTO server, a first ALTO network map that includes a plurality of PID entries that each identifies a subset of the endpoints associated with a corresponding one of the set of PIDs; receiving, with the ALTO server, a location update from a first endpoint of the endpoints, wherein the location update includes physical location information for the first endpoint; and modifying a first PID and a second PID in the set of PIDs to transfer an association with the first endpoint from the first PID to the second PID when the physical location information for the first endpoint specifies a nearer proximity of the first endpoint to a subset of the endpoints associated with the second PID than to a subset of the endpoints associated with the first PID.