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System and method for distributed video-on-demand

  • US 20070056002A1
  • Filed: 08/23/2005
  • Published: 03/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing VOD services, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request from an ordering box remotely located, the request including an order of a title in a library that includes a substantial number of titles, each of the titles pertaining to a file being a collection of data together with any auxiliary data, wherein at least some of the file for the title is not locally available;

    determining source information in accordance with the request, the source information including information about several boxes from which the at least some of the file can be respectively retrieved at substantially similar time by the ordering box to facilitate a playback of the title; and

    if requiring the ordering box to initiate respective downloading requests to the several boxes, responding to the request by sending the source information back to the ordering box configured to proceed with downloading collectively the some of the file from the several boxes at substantially similar time. if requiring the several boxes to initiate respective uploading requests to the ordering box, responding to the request by sending the source information to the several boxes configured respectively to proceed with uploading collectively the at least some of the file to the ordering box.

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