US 11,677,665 B2
Systems and methods for identifying candidate flows in data packet networks
Michelle Miller, Tacoma, WA (US); John M. Burnette, Seattle, WA (US); Ben Hadorn, Shoreline, WA (US); Dave Gibbons, Seattle, WA (US); and Sean Brown, Tacoma, WA (US)
Assigned to Opanga Networks, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Opanga Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,591.
Application 17/349,591 is a continuation of application No. 16/258,467, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,368,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,746, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0314261 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/11 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 47/28 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 47/41 (2022.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01); H04L 41/5025 (2022.01); H04L 43/026 (2022.01); H04L 43/0888 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/11 (2013.01) [H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); H04L 47/28 (2013.01); H04L 47/41 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for reducing network congestion, comprising:
detecting one or more data flows in a network;
determining the throughput of a data flow of the one or more data flows;
determining, using the throughput of the data flow, a video resolution;
estimating an encoding rate based on the determined video resolution;
determining, using the estimated encoding rate, a consumption rate of media data carried by the data flow, the consumption rate being different than a throughput of the data flow;
determining, by a flow detector device using the consumption rate and a candidate flow detection threshold, whether the data flow is a candidate flow; and
in response to determining that the data flow is the candidate flow, managing the data flow.