Patent ID: 8812710
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a first data processing device, over a wide area network, a packet from a second data processing device, the packet indicative of a request for a plurality of video content items at a third data processing device; identifying, by the system, the plurality of video content items based on a network traffic flow characteristic associated with the packet, wherein the network traffic flow characteristic indicates a peer-to-peer communication; determining, by the system, a popularity level associated with each video content item of the plurality of video content items in response to receiving the packet; comparing, by the system, for each video content item of the plurality of video content items, the popularity level to a popularity threshold; receiving, by the system, a protocol indicator indicating one of a multicast protocol, a unicast protocol or a combination thereof, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the protocol indicator as part of a multidimensional selection obtained by a user-configurable options web page; and presenting, by the system, a portion of a video content item of the plurality of video content items at a separate web page according to the protocol indicator for which the popularity level exceeds the popularity threshold, wherein the popularity threshold has a value greater than zero.