System and method for minimizing network bandwidth retrieved from an external network
US8880721B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/568
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are provided of minimizing network bandwidth used from an external network by client peers in a local network. The method can include the operation of organizing a plurality of clients each having media streamlets and a client parent in a structure within the local network. Mapping information propagates through the structure. The mapping information represents local streamlet locations as stored by the plurality of clients. Another operation is retrieving a local streamlet from a client identified in the mapping information as having the local streamlet for the requesting client.
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