Content-on-demand method and network therefor
US8370426B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6338
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided of providing a content-on-demand service to a user terminal in a system comprising a plurality of content-on-demand servers and a packet-switched network. The method comprises the steps of: a first of the content-on-demand servers seeking to reserve packet-switched network resources to enable service delivery to the user terminal, said first server sending a message that resource reservation was insufficient, a further of the content-on-demand servers seeking to reserve packet-switched network resources to enable service provision to the user terminal, said further server sending a message that resource reservation is sufficient, and said further server providing the content to the user terminal via the packet-switched network.
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