Patent ID: 8750155
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing delivery of content in a system comprising a server and an end user computer, comprising: establishing a first connection at the server for communicating with the end user computer; receiving a request for content from the end user computer over the first connection, the request include a universal resource locator (URL); determining one or more parameters relating to the performance of the first connection using information from the request, wherein the determined one or more parameters relate to utilization of available processing or memory capabilities of part or all of a system supporting the first connection; determining one or more first values of attributes based on the URL and the one or more parameters; modifying second values of attributes for the first connection at a transport layer to result in the determined one or more first values, the second values of the attributes for the first connection thereafter influencing utilization of the available processing or memory capabilities of the part or all of the system supporting the first connection; changing, on a connection-specific basis, a connection protocol stack operator based upon the modified values of the attributes; and sending the requested content from the server to the end user computer such that the transport layer manages delivery of the content in accordance with the modified second values of the attributes.