Vertical Services Integration Enabled Content Distribution Mechanism
First Claim
1. A method of replicating content data stored on a first server to at least one second server, comprising the steps:
- determining unused bandwidth on a common link of an access data network, carrying subscriber traffic and over which the first server and the at least one second server communicate; and
transmitting content data stored on the first server to the at least one second server substantially on the determined unused bandwidth.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an enhanced ADSL Data Network (ADN) with vertical services capabilities. In general, vertical services capabilities are data services offered directly from a central office to an end user, without compromising the integrity of the user'"'"'s guaranteed bit rate to the Internet through the ADN. One such vertical service is content downloadable at a high data rate from a content server located in or proximate to a central office that serves the end user. The content of the local server is updated and upgraded periodically and systematically from a central content server that distributes content to a number of remote central offices. The content is distributed between the central content server and the respective local content servers using available bandwidth, that is to say bandwidth on at least certain network links that is unused by subscriber traffic.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of replicating content data stored on a first server to at least one second server, comprising the steps:
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determining unused bandwidth on a common link of an access data network, carrying subscriber traffic and over which the first server and the at least one second server communicate; and
transmitting content data stored on the first server to the at least one second server substantially on the determined unused bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A software product for replicating content data stored on a first server to at least one second server, said software product comprising:
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at least one machine readable medium; and
programming code, carried by the at least one machine readable medium, for execution by at least one computer, wherein the programming code comprises;
a congestion mechanism for determining unused bandwidth on a portion of a common link of an access data network, carrying subscriber traffic and over which the first server and the at least one second server communicate; and
a first transmitting mechanism for causing transmission of content data stored on the first server to the at least one second server substantially on the determined unused bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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