SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIVE SERVICE CONTENT HANDLING WITH CONTENT STORING SERVERS CACHING POPULAR CONTENT THEREIN
First Claim
1. A computerized method for providing live content from a service delivery apparatus (SDA), the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user node (UN) for content, the request comprising a content identification (CID) and a content source (CS);
acquiring the content of the CID to store in a fast access memory of the SDA upon determining that the content of the CID needs to be acquired to the SDA, and that the CS is a provider of live content;
sending a redirect instruction to the UN to redirect the request from the CS to the SDA; and
sending the content of the CID to the UN from the fast access memory of the SDA.
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Abstract
A computerized method for providing live content from a service delivery apparatus (SDA), the method comprises receiving a request from a user node (UN) for content, the request comprising a content identification (CID) and a content source (CS). The content of the CID is acquired to store in a fast access memory of the SDA upon determining that the content of the CID needs to be acquired to the SDA, and that the CS is a provider of live content. A redirect instruction is sent to the UN to redirect the request from the CS to the SDA. The content of the CID is sent to the UN from the fast access memory of the SDA.
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22 Claims
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1. A computerized method for providing live content from a service delivery apparatus (SDA), the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user node (UN) for content, the request comprising a content identification (CID) and a content source (CS); acquiring the content of the CID to store in a fast access memory of the SDA upon determining that the content of the CID needs to be acquired to the SDA, and that the CS is a provider of live content; sending a redirect instruction to the UN to redirect the request from the CS to the SDA; and sending the content of the CID to the UN from the fast access memory of the SDA. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A service delivery apparatus (SDA) for providing live content from a content source (CS) to at least a user node, comprising:
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a first network interface to sniff traffic between at least a first portion of a network and at least a second portion of a network; a storage for storing at least information of content received through the first network interface; a second network interface configured to communicate with the at least a first portion of a network and the at least a second portion of a network; a fast access memory; a processing unit; and a memory containing instructions that when executed by the processing unit causes the SDA to;
receive a request for content from a user node (UN), the request comprising a content identification (CID) and the CS;
acquire the content of the CID to store in a fast access memory of the SDA upon determining that the content of the CID needs to be acquired to the SDA, and that the CS is a provider of live content;
send a redirect instruction to the UN to redirect the request from the host CS to the SDA; and
send the content of the CID to the UN from the fast access memory of the SDA. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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