Patent ID: 8099457
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A flow control server computer for processing data requests, comprising: a memory operable to receive and store a data request issued by a user; a priority criteria processor operable to determine a relative importance of the data request in accordance with priority information, the priority criteria processor operable to assign a priority value to the data request in response to the relative importance, the data request being stored in the memory with other data requests in accordance with the priority value of the data request, the priority criteria processor operable to select an initial one of a plurality of filtered versions of content requested by the data request based on one or more of a communication bandwidth available to the user, a type of content being requested, and a length of time to process the data request, the priority criteria processor operable to subsequently provide a replacement one of the plurality of filtered versions of content based on one or more of the communication bandwidth available to the user, the type of content being requested, and the length of time to process the data request.