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Method and apparatus for controlling information available from content distribution points

US8763062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Christian Hermsmeyer · Eckental, DE
Dieter Stoll · Erlangen, DE
Wolfgang Thomas · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2006
Grant date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/62
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes a method and apparatus for controlling information available at a network element located at a first hierarchical level in a content distribution network. A method includes determining a subset of content using content forecast information, comparing the determined subset of content to a subset of content available to the network element located at the first hierarchical level, generating a request adapted for modifying the available subset of content in response to a difference between the determined and available subsets of content, and propagating the request toward a network element at a second hierarchical level in the content distribution network, where the first and second hierarchical levels are different. The content may include any information adapted for being distributed from a server to a subscriber terminal (e.g., broadcast multimedia content, content-on-demand, non-streaming content such as files and software patches, and the like, as well as various combinations thereof).

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