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STREAMING MEDIA SOFTWARE INTERFACE TO A DISPERSED DATA STORAGE NETWORK

  • US 20110219100A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2011
  • Published: 09/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprises:

  • receiving a request to read streaming digital media from a digital dispersed storage network (DDSN), wherein the streaming digital media is divided into a plurality of data segments, wherein a data segment of the plurality of data segments is encoded into a set of data slices, and wherein the DDSN stores the streaming digital media as a plurality of sets of data slices; and

    for one of the plurality of data segments;

    requesting at least a minimum number of data slices of a corresponding set of data slices;

    when the at least a minimum number of data slices is received, decoding the at least the minimum number of data slices to recover the one of the plurality of data segments to produce a recovered data segment; and

    sending the recovered data segment to a media player for presentation as a part of playback of the streaming digital media.

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