Methods and systems for retrieving fragments from peer clients and servers
US7908389B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1046
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and systems including a plurality of assembling peer clients streaming content from at least one streaming server at an aggregated first rate; and a plurality of peer storage-and-computing elements distributively storing a plurality of pushed content fragments associated with the streaming content. Wherein as a result of an event rendering the at least one server incapable of sustaining the first rate, at least some of the assembling peer clients begin to retrieve content fragments from the peer storage-and-computing elements in order to continue the streaming.
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