Patent ID: 7739383
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamic control of data transfer by a subscriber during an on-going network session, comprising: receiving a data packet at a gateway device; identifying, at the gateway device, a subscriber associated with the data packet; retrieving from memory a subscriber profile that includes subscriber-selected bandwidth; determining if a transfer rate for data packet transmission to a network should be adjusted based on the subscriber-selected bandwidth; and dynamically adjusting the transfer rate for data packet transmission based on the outcome of the determination process and without changing a communication path and without hardware reconfiguration of any component in the network, wherein the transfer rate for data packet transmission is adjustable by a subscriber at any time during the on-going network session based on adjustment of the subscriber-selected bandwidth during the on-going network session, and wherein retrieving from memory a subscriber profile that includes subscriber-selected bandwidth further comprises retrieving from memory a subscriber profile that includes a first subscriber-selected bandwidth for information being sent to a network and a second subscriber-selected bandwidth for information being retrieved from a network, the first and second subscriber-selected bandwidths being separate.