US 11,743,130 B2
Smart edge network management
Wen Rui Zhao, Beijing (CN); Jing Bo Jiang, Beijing (CN); Lan Luo, Beijing (CN); Li Ni Zhang, Beijing (CN); Yu Zhao, Beijing (CN); Li Jiang, Beijing (CN); and Li Long Chen, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on May 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/412,751.
Prior Publication US 2020/0366561 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/30 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method for managing network connections, the method comprising:
connecting, by a computer application, to a first networked information broadcast service;
pulling, by the computer application, a first set of information from the first networked information broadcast service according to a profile of a user, wherein the computer application passes no identifying information to the first networked information broadcast service prior to pulling the first set of information;
filtering, by the computer application, the first set of information according to the profile of the user;
ranking, by the computer application, the first set of information according to the profile of the user;
sending, by the computer application using a networked communication service, an information set including the filtered and the ranked information, to a user device;
responsive to sending the information set, receiving, by the computer application a selection and user account information associated with a provider, from the user device; and
communicating, by the computer application the selection and the user account information associated with the provider, to the provider using a second networked information broadcast service.