PROVIDING DIGITAL ASSETS AND A NETWORK THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A method of providing digital assets in a network comprising a central controller connected to a plurality of servers, each asset comprising at least one of video data and audio data, each server serving a group of user terminals by storing a respective selected set of the assets and providing an asset from the selected set to a user terminal on request, the method comprising:
- for at least one of the servers selecting which assets to store by the steps of;
(a) for each of the group of user terminals served by the server receiving a recommendation as to a set of assets predicted as most likely to be desired by the individual user terminal, said recommendations being adapted to the individual users of said individual user terminals;
(b) determining from the recommendations a list of the most likely to be requested assets for the group of user terminals; and
(c) updating the assets stored in the server so that the listed most likely to be requested assets are stored in the server.
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Abstract
A method is provided of providing digital assets in a network comprising a central controller connected to a plurality of servers. Each asset comprises at least one of video data and audio data. Each server serves a group of user terminals by storing a respective selected set of the assets and providing an asset from the selected set to a user terminal on request. The method comprises, for at least one of the servers, selecting which assets to store by the steps of: (a) for each of the group of user terminals served by the server receiving a recommendation as to a set of assets predicted as most likely to be desired by the individual user terminal, said recommendations being adapted to the individual users of said individual user terminals; (b) determining from the recommendations, a list of the most likely to be requested assets for the group of user terminals; and (c) updating the assets stored in the server so that the listed most likely to be requested assets are stored in the server.
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1. A method of providing digital assets in a network comprising a central controller connected to a plurality of servers, each asset comprising at least one of video data and audio data, each server serving a group of user terminals by storing a respective selected set of the assets and providing an asset from the selected set to a user terminal on request, the method comprising:
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for at least one of the servers selecting which assets to store by the steps of; (a) for each of the group of user terminals served by the server receiving a recommendation as to a set of assets predicted as most likely to be desired by the individual user terminal, said recommendations being adapted to the individual users of said individual user terminals; (b) determining from the recommendations a list of the most likely to be requested assets for the group of user terminals; and (c) updating the assets stored in the server so that the listed most likely to be requested assets are stored in the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network for providing digital assets comprising a central controller connected to a plurality of servers, each asset comprising at least one of video data and audio data, each server comprising a memory and being configured to serve a group of user terminals by storing a respective selected set of the assets in the memory and providing an asset from the selected set to a user terminal on request, the network further comprising:
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a content controller configured to, for at least one of the servers, select which assets to store; the content controller being configured to; (a) for each of the group of user terminals served by the server, receive a recommendation from a recommendation engine as to a set of assets predicted as most likely to be desired by the individual user terminal, said recommendations having been adapted to the individual users of said individual user terminals; (b) determine from the recommendations, a list of the most likely to be requested assets for the group of user terminals; (c) control updating of the assets stored in the server so that the listed most likely to be requested assets are stored in the server.
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