Patent ID: 7918734
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing enhanced quality-of-service to an online gaming user comprising: connecting a game console to a gaming web server, wherein the gaming web server is connected to a cable network and wherein the game console is connected to the cable network via a cable modem; selecting a game from the gaming web server; matching the game selection to a set of quality-of-service parameters determined by the gaming agent from the game selection without further input from the online gaming user; transmitting a request from the gaming agent to a cable modem termination system (CMTS) to provision the cable network with the set of quality-of-service parameters determined by the gaming agent from the game selection, wherein the CMTS comprises instructions for managing network resources associated with the cable network; polling the cable network from the CMTS to determine whether the CMTS can grant the quality of service request; and if the CMTS grants the quality of service request, then providing service over the cable network to the game console in accordance with the quality-of-service parameters determined from the game selection by the gaming agent.