ADAPTIVE MEDIA CACHING FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an on-demand computing device, a request to send media content to a playback device, wherein the media content is stored in a media library of a content server;
retrieving the media content from a hierarchical cache for the on-demand computing device, the hierarchical cache including a first cache, a second cache, and the content library, wherein the first cache has a length based on an age of the second cache; and
sending the media content to the playback device.
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Abstract
A method and on-demand computing system for hierarchical caching of content in an on-demand computing device. The method receives, at the on-demand computing device, a request to send media content to a playback device, where the media content is stored in a media library of a content server. The method retrieves the media content from a hierarchical cache for the on-demand computing device, and sends the media content to the playback device. The hierarchical cache includes a first cache, a second cache, and the content library, where the first cache has a length based on an age of the second cache.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at an on-demand computing device, a request to send media content to a playback device, wherein the media content is stored in a media library of a content server; retrieving the media content from a hierarchical cache for the on-demand computing device, the hierarchical cache including a first cache, a second cache, and the content library, wherein the first cache has a length based on an age of the second cache; and sending the media content to the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21)
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11. An on-demand computing system, comprising:
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a memory device resident in the on-demand computing system; and a processor disposed in communication with the memory device, the processor configured to; receive a request to send media content to a playback device, wherein the media content is stored in a media library of a content server; retrieve the media content from a hierarchical cache for the on-demand computing device, the hierarchical cache including a first cache, a second cache, and the content library, wherein the first cache has a length based on an age of the second cache; and send the media content to the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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