SWITCHED STREAM SERVER ARCHITECTURE
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1. A method comprising:
- directing a stream requesting a novel title to one of a least-busy server in a server pool and a least-miss-traffic server in the server pool;
setting the server to which the novel title was directed to the requested title'"'"'s preferred server;
directing a stream requesting a familiar title to the title'"'"'s preferred server;
directing a stream requesting a crowded title to one of a least-busy server and the least-miss-traffic server.
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Abstract
A method for allocating content requests to a server pool includes directing a stream requesting a novel title to one of a least-busy server in a server pool and a least-miss-traffic server in the server pool; setting the server to which the novel title was directed to the requested title'"'"'s preferred server; directing a stream requesting a familiar title to the title'"'"'s preferred server; and directing a stream requesting a crowded title to one of a least-busy server and the least-miss-traffic server.
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10 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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directing a stream requesting a novel title to one of a least-busy server in a server pool and a least-miss-traffic server in the server pool; setting the server to which the novel title was directed to the requested title'"'"'s preferred server; directing a stream requesting a familiar title to the title'"'"'s preferred server; directing a stream requesting a crowded title to one of a least-busy server and the least-miss-traffic server. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
choose a server to which to stream title content, the server having a top-tier cache ease-of-entry that is better than that of others in a server pool. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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directing a stream requesting a novel title to a least-busy server of a server pool; adding the server to which the novel title was directed to the requested title'"'"'s preferred-servers list; directing a stream requesting a familiar title to the least-busy server from the requested title'"'"'s preferred-servers list. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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