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Abstract

A system and method for efficiently utilizing network bandwidth in a network having multiple components that need to transfer a number of different datasets. The invention provides that distinct data transfer service agents be deployed to manage different kinds of data, and that each service has a separate network control schedule that can be independently controlled from the other services, resulting in a an easily configurable system where large content transfers can easily be restricted to non peak hours and smaller control and reporting data transfers can still be permitted during some or all peak times. In a digital signage network, this invention allows large data transfers of advertising content to be restricted to non peak hours, but advertising control and reporting can occur more frequently, and can easily be specified and modified to maximize efficiency of network resources. The invention further recognizes that common schedule arrangements are either to allow data transfers at all times or to restrict transfers to a particular time, and teaches a scheme, where if a whitelist of times is present, it restricts data transfers to listed times, but if the whitelist is not present for an entire day, data transfer are allowed rather than disallowed for that day.

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First Claim