Patent ID: 7412516

Claim:
A method of configuring a client to access a network, the method comprising: establishing a first communications session between a client and a networked content source; during the first communications session: determining that the client is operating in a device environment; identifying a network bandwidth configuration setting associated with the device environment to be used by the client in accessing a networked content source; enabling the client to access the content source using the network bandwidth configuration setting in response to determining that the client is operating in the device environment; monitoring client access to the content source; comparing client access metrics to metrics associated with the network bandwidth configuration setting; determining, based on the comparison, whether to adjust the network bandwidth configuration settings for the client; adjusting the network bandwidth configuration setting associated with the device environment if appropriate; and terminating the first communications session; establishing, after terminating the first communications session, a second communications session between the client and the networked content source; and during the second communications session: determining that the client is operating in the device environment; and enabling the client to access the content source using the adjusted network bandwidth configuration setting established during the first communications session.