Scalability and redundancy enhancements for content streaming
US8977766B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1034
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide methods and systems for improving the scalability and redundancy of a distributed content streaming system. Such scalability and redundancy is provided with zero configuration changes to the addressing used by content providers to publish content and zero configuration changes to existing servers of the system. The system includes ingest servers and edge servers. Content providers supply content streams to the ingest servers using a virtual or load balanced address that distributes the content streams across the ingest servers. Accordingly, ingest servers can be added or removed without changing content provider configurations. The ingest servers are configured to notify the edge servers of which content streams are available for streaming at which ingest server. When an ingest server is added to the system, its functionality may be assimilated without modifying the configurations of the other servers. Some embodiments also provide multiple caching layers.
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