Patent ID: 8909759
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring bandwidth available to a mobile device, the method comprising: in response to user browsing of content stored on a content server via the mobile device, transferring, by a first server, metadata to the mobile device over a network to satisfy the user browsing of the content; while the user continues to browse the content; determining, by the first server, a plurality of measured bandwidths based on the measured plurality of transfer times; determining, by the first server, a network bandwidth to the mobile device, the determining based on performing statisical analysis of the determined plurality of measured bandwidths to reduce or remove the impact of anomalous bandwidth measurements: based on the statistical analysis, storing, by the first server, the determined network bandwidth in a log of other determined bandwidth measurements, the log including times that each stored bandwidth measurements was determined: identifying, by the first server, trends based on the stored bandwidth measurements; and based on the identified trends and the determined network bandwidth, determining, by the first server, an effective transfer rate for transferring content to the mobile device; and providing, by the first server, the effective transfer rate to the content server,