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Method and system for caching streaming multimedia on the internet

US9462074B2 · kind B2 · utility

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48References

9Claims

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Assignee

Sound View Innovations, LLC · US

Inventors

Katherine H. Guo · Scotch Plains, US
Sanjoy Paul · Bengaluru, IN
Tze Sing Eugene Ng · Pittsburgh, US
Hui Zhang · Pittsburgh, US
Markus Hofmann · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2015
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/288
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method to enhance existing caches in a network to better support streaming media storage and distribution. Helper machines are used inside the network to implement several methods which support streaming media including segmentation of streaming media objects into smaller units, cooperation of Helper machines, and novel placement and replacement policies for segments of media objects.

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