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DEFRAGMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE STREAMING SEGMENT FILES IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK

  • US 20140365613A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2013
  • Published: 12/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method in an edge node of a Content Distribution Network (CDN) for ensuring that a memory of the edge node contains all segment files referenced by an associated manifest document, the method comprising the steps of:

  • analyzing the associated manifest document and the segment files stored in the memory of the edge node to determine whether any of the segment files referenced by the associated manifest document are absent from the memory of the edge node; and

    upon determining there are segment files referenced by the associated manifest document that are absent from the memory of the edge node, pulling the absent segment files from another node in the CDN and storing the pulled segment files in the memory of the edge node.

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