Patent ID: 7685286

Claim:
A method of configuring a client to access a network, the method comprising: receiving a first request from a client to access first content; receiving a second request from the client to access second content; identifying a first networked content source for the first request; identifying a second networked content source for the second request, the second networked content source residing on a different resource and a different location that the first networked content source; identifying a first network bandwidth configuration setting to be used by the client in accessing the first networked content source; identifying a second network bandwidth configuration setting to be used by the client in accessing the second networked content source; enabling the client to access the first networked content source using the first network bandwidth configuration setting; monitoring client access to the first networked content source; monitoring client access to the second networked content source; comparing first client access metrics to metrics associated with the first network bandwidth configuration setting in a first comparison; comparing second client access metrics to metrics associated with the second network bandwidth configuration setting in a second comparison; determining, based on the first comparison, whether to adjust the first network bandwidth configuration settings for the client; determining, based on the second comparison, whether to adjust the second network bandwidth configuration settings for the client; adjusting the first network bandwidth configuration setting while preserving the second network bandwidth configuration settings if the first comparison indicates that the first network bandwidth configuration settings should be adjusted and the second comparison indicates that the second network bandwidth configuration settings should be preserved.