Patent ID: 8260953

Claim:
The method for optimizing internet traffic flow through a web network containing a plurality of interlinked content elements, the method comprising: collecting content data corresponding to a content element in the web network; obtaining a revenue value corresponding to the content element based on the corresponding content data; calculating a subsequent flow value corresponding to the content element; calculating an overall content value for the content element based on the corresponding revenue value and the corresponding subsequent flow value comprising the following iteration formula: V k+1 = R +βΠ V k wherein V k+1 is a matrix of a plurality of overall content values for the (k+1)-th iteration; β=1/(1+r); r is a cost of capital over a relevant predetermined time interval; R is a matrix of revenue values; Π is a matrix of transition probabilities and V k is a matrix of a plurality of overall content values for the k-th iteration; and modifying the web network based on the overall content value and the content data, so as to increase overall revenue generated by the web network.