Patent ID: 8868859
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method, the method comprising: initiating restoration of a resource from a first source to a device, including downloading a first portion of the resource from the first source to the device; while restoring the resource from the first source, dynamically detecting availability of the resource from a second source after a first portion of the resource has been restored to the device from the first source, and determining that the second source is more efficiently connected with the device than the first source; and in response to determining that the second source is more efficiently connected with the device than the first source, automatically switching to the second source to restore the resource, including downloading a second portion of the resource from the second source to the device.