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Virtual content store in interactive services architecture

US8850474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Khalid Azam · Campbell, US
Neeraj Sharma · Glen Allen, US
Gary Ward Richardson · Pleasanton, US
Daniel Kiewlich · Burlingame, US
Hoi-Tauw Chou · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2010
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/47202
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A virtual content store may be provided. Upon receiving a request for a content stream from a subscriber at a regional headend, a central content vault may be examined to determine whether the content stream is available. Once the content stream is determined to be available in the central content vault, a streaming session may be established to the subscriber from the regional headend. The content stream may be retrieved from the central content vault and provided to the subscriber via the streaming session.

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