Peer-to-peer aided live video sharing system
US7733808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1072
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Video data from an upload client is received at a hosting node. A request from a download client is received at a bootstrapping node to receive the video data. The download client to receive the video data directly from the hosting node when the hosting node is below a threshold, wherein the threshold is based at least in part on the maximum number of download clients the hosting node can stream to simultaneously. The download client to receive the video data from peers in a peer-to-peer overlay when the hosting node above the threshold.
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