Patent ID: 9015068
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting digital content, comprising: receiving, by a computer, an electronic shopping cart identifying at least a first shopping item and a second shopping item; determining, by a computer, that the first shopping item and the second shopping item are items of digital content; analyzing, by a computer, a demand for communication network resources; estimating, by a computer, a congestion of a communication network; building, by a computer, a plurality of candidate offers for wirelessly transmitting the digital content based on estimating the congestion of the communication network; building, by a computer, a multi-tiered offer for wirelessly transmitting digital content, wherein the multi-tiered offer comprises at least two but not all of the candidate offers, wherein the multi-tiered offer provides alternatives for delivering the first shopping item and the second shopping item; creating, by a computer, an uncommitted reservation of communication network resources for the multi-tiered offer based on a boundary reservation, wherein the uncommitted reservation is determined based on potential consumption of communication network resources when fulfilling at least one offer of the multi-tiered offer; transmitting, by a computer, the multi-tiered offer; receiving, by a computer, a selection of one of the offers of the multi-tiered offer; transmitting, by a computer, the digital content based on the selected offer; and creating, by a computer, a committed reservation of communication network resources based on the selected offer.