Device and method for optimizing access to contents by users

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9473743
APP PUB NO 20100274760A1
SERIAL NO

12735027

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A control device belongs to a network equipment connected to a communication network to which are coupled communication equipments of users capable of storing contents. This control device comprises i) a first analyzing means arranged for determining respective popularities of contents of a collection from at least user information, and for determining a number of replicas for each content of this collection from at least its determined content popularity, and/or ii) a second analyzing means arranged for determining content preference(s) of users from content ratings, and iii) a computation means arranged for determining location(s) for storing the replica(s) of each content, from the determined content replica numbers and/or the determined user's content preferences, in order to optimize the access to these contents by the users.

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  • THOMSON LICENSING

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Diot, Christophe Paris, FR 29 530
Massoulie, Laurent Vaucresson, FR 25 348
Tomozei, Dan-Cristian Paris, FR 2 17

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