Patent ID: 8321584

Claim:
A method of offering preferred transport in a network, the method comprising: receiving a first part of a content transmission from a content provider in the network at a transmission device that transmits the content between the content provider and a destination of the content; receiving an indication of predetermined transport parameters in the network at the transmission device, the indication being contained in the received first part of the content transmission and the indication specifying an increased transmission speed for at least a duration of the content transmission; setting up and storing entries in a switching table identifying the content transmission based on the content provider and the destination, the entries in the switching table storing the predetermined transport parameters specified by the indication; receiving a second part of the content transmission in the network from the content provider; accessing the switching table to determine the predetermined transport parameters for the content transmission; and the transmission device transmitting the second part of the content transmission in the network in accordance with the predetermined transport parameters, accessed from the switching table, to the destination.