Patent ID: 8886790

Claim:
A networked computing system for optimizing network channel resources, the networked computing system comprising: a data communication network having a plurality of network links including first and second network links, the data communication network configured to transmit first data having a first priority level and second data having a second priority level; a sender device being associated with the first network link and configured to send the second data to the second network link; a plurality of receivers associated with the second network link, the plurality of receivers including a first receiver receiving the second data sent by the sender device; a congestion sensing agent configured to generate a surplus capacity feedback report on the second network link, the surplus capacity feedback report being based on an aggregate volume of the first data being handled by the second network link and an aggregate channel throughput available to the plurality of receivers associated with the second network link; and a data transfer agent configured to control a data transfer rate of the second data being sent to the first receiver by the sender device based on the surplus capacity feedback report.