Patent ID: 9106543
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an overload of signals on a network due to usage by a large number of users on the network during a natural, man-made, or technologically induced event, the method comprising the steps of: a computer detecting the event; the computer detecting a cluster of a volume of communication on the network; the computer determining a physical location of a centroid of the cluster of the volume of the communication on the network, the physical location of the centroid being taken to be the approximate physical location of the detected event; the computer reviewing information within volume of communication between users being sent through the network regarding the detected event to derive information associated with a severity of the detected event; the computer categorizing the detected event based on the information reviewed within the volume of communication between users and a predetermined set of rules; the computer determining bandwidth limitations of the network for users within a determined proximity to the approximate physical location of the detected event; the computer determining bandwidth needed by resources necessary to respond to and resolve the detected event; and the computer allocating bandwidth of the network based upon the bandwidth needed by the resources and the proximity of users to the physical location of the detected event.