IP Library Granted Patent US 9,210,102
Granted Patent B1
US 9,210,102 · App. 14/281,824 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

System to enable priority bandwidth for particular IP addresses during limited duration event

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Patent No.
US 9,210,102
App. No.
14/281,824
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A bandwidth allocation and quality control system interacts with a manifest for a mobile communication platform (MCP), to identify specific IP addresses designated for bandwidth guarantees and corresponding a particular passenger of the MCP. The system monitors IP addresses of packets communicated between the MCP and a machine communication network external to the MCP, and compares the IP addresses of the packets to the IP addresses corresponding to the particular passenger, and if the packets are from the particular passenger and match one of the corresponding IP addresses, and if a limited duration event is underway for the MCP, to communicate the packets to the external machine network with a bandwidth guarantee.

Claims (44)

1. A bandwidth allocation and quality control system for a mobile communication platform (an MCP) and a machine network external to the MCP, comprising:

a processor;

a machine memory;

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to interact with a manifest for the MCP, to identify specific first Internet Protocol addresses (first IP addresses) designated for bandwidth guarantees and associated with a particular passenger of the MCP;

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to monitor second Internet Protocol addresses (second IP addresses) of packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP; and

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to compare the second IP addresses to the first IP addresses, and (a) if the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP are from the particular passenger of the MCP and match one of the first IP addresses, and (b) if a limited duration event for the MCP, then only if (a) and (b) are true to communicate the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP to the machine network external to the MCP with a bandwidth guarantee.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to identify from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and corresponding to the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to identify audio or video packets as the specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and to specifically exclude the audio or video packets from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP for the duration of the limited duration event.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more devices incorporating machine logic configured to identify from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP packets from pre-determined consumer web domains from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to associate the first IP addresses with the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event only upon condition of a payment to secure the bandwidth guarantees.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more devices incorporating machine logic that configures the processor and the memory to implement the manifest as a machine memory manifest organization, the machine memory manifest organization correlating an identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to at least one mobile communication device to be used by particular passenger of the MCP during the duration of the limited duration event, and correlating the identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to the first IP addresses for a duration of the limited duration event.

7. A bandwidth allocation and quality control method for a mobile communication platform (an MCP) and a machine network external to the MCP, comprising:

applying a manifest for the MCP to identify specific first Internet Protocol addresses (first IP addresses) designated for bandwidth guarantees and associated with a particular passenger of the MCP;

monitoring second Internet Protocol addresses (second IP addresses) of packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP; and

comparing the second IP addresses to the first IP addresses, and (a) if the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP are from the particular passenger of the MCP and match one of the first IP addresses, and (b) if a limited duration event for the MCP, then only if (a) and (b) are true to configure the machine network external to the MCP to communicate the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP with a bandwidth guarantee.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

identifying from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and corresponding to the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

identifying audio or video packets as the specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and to specifically exclude the audio or video packets from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP for the duration of the limited duration event.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

identifying from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP packets from pre-determined consumer web domains from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

associating the first IP addresses with the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event only upon condition of a payment to secure the bandwidth guarantees.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

implementing the manifest as a machine memory manifest organization, the machine memory manifest organization correlating an identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to at least one mobile communication device to be used by particular passenger of the MCP during the duration of the limited duration event, and correlating the identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to the first IP addresses for a duration of the limited duration event.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform a method comprising:

applying a manifest for a mobile communication platform (an MCP) that utilizes a machine network external to the MCP to identify specific first Internet Protocol addresses (first IP addresses) designated for bandwidth guarantees over the machine network external to the MCP, the first IP addresses associated with a particular passenger of the MCP;

monitoring second Internet Protocol addresses (second IP addresses) of packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP; and

comparing the second IP addresses to the first IP addresses, and (a) if the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP are from the particular passenger of the MCP and match one of the first IP addresses, and (b) if a limited duration event for the MCP, then only if (a) and (b) are true to communicate the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP to the machine network external to the MCP with a bandwidth guarantee.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by the processor, further configure the processor to perform:

identifying from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and corresponding to the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by the processor, further configure the processor to perform:

identifying audio or video packets as the specific data packet types specifically excluded from the bandwidth guarantees and to specifically exclude the audio or video packets from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP for the duration of the limited duration event.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by the processor, further configure the processor to perform:

identifying from the packets communicated between the MCP and the machine network external to the MCP packets from pre-determined consumer web domains from the bandwidth guarantees for the particular passenger of the MCP.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by the processor, further configure the processor to perform:

associating the first IP addresses with the particular passenger of the MCP for a duration of the limited duration event only upon condition of a payment to secure the bandwidth guarantees.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by the processor, further configure the processor to perform:

implementing the manifest as a machine memory manifest organization, the machine memory manifest organization correlating an identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to at least one mobile communication device to be used by particular passenger of the MCP during the duration of the limited duration event, and correlating the identity of the particular passenger of the MCP to the first IP addresses for a duration of the limited duration event.

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