Systems and methods for distributing content objects in a telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A system for distributing content objects, the system comprising:
- a content object origination;
a first content object destination, wherein the first content object destination is located at a first customer premises of a first end user of the content objects;
a second content object destination, wherein the second content object destination is located at a second customer premises of a second end user of the content objects;
a first communication link, wherein the first communication link communicably couples the content object origination with the first content object destination;
a second communication link, wherein the second communication link communicably couples the first content object destination with the second content object destination wherein the first communication link and the second communication link include a common physical layer portion, wherein the first communication link operates at a first spectrum on the common layer portion, and wherein the second communication link operates at a second spectrum on the common physical layer portion;
a local storage located at the first content object destination, wherein a content object from the content object origination is maintained on the local storage, and wherein the content object maintained on the local storage is accessible to the second content object destination.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for distributing content objects to a requester. Some of the systems include at least one content object origination, and two or more content object destinations. The two or more content object destinations are associated with customer premises. Communication links communicably couple the content object origination and at least one of the content object destinations, and at least two of the content object destinations. Local storage is associated with at least one of the content object destinations. A content object from the content object origination is maintained on a local storage associated with one of the content object destinations, and the content object is accessible via the local storage to another content object destination. The methods provide various ways for distributing content objects using systems similar to that previously described.
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1. A system for distributing content objects, the system comprising:
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a content object origination; a first content object destination, wherein the first content object destination is located at a first customer premises of a first end user of the content objects; a second content object destination, wherein the second content object destination is located at a second customer premises of a second end user of the content objects; a first communication link, wherein the first communication link communicably couples the content object origination with the first content object destination; a second communication link, wherein the second communication link communicably couples the first content object destination with the second content object destination wherein the first communication link and the second communication link include a common physical layer portion, wherein the first communication link operates at a first spectrum on the common layer portion, and wherein the second communication link operates at a second spectrum on the common physical layer portion; a local storage located at the first content object destination, wherein a content object from the content object origination is maintained on the local storage, and wherein the content object maintained on the local storage is accessible to the second content object destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for distributing content objects, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request for a content object; distributing the content object to a first customer premises of a first end user of the content object based at least in part on the first request, wherein the content object is maintained on a local storage located at the first customer premises; marking the content object as accessible from the local storage; receiving a second request for the content object; and redirecting the second content request to the local storage, wherein the second content request is at least partially satisfied from the local storage by distributing the content object from the local storage to a second customer premises of a second end user of the content object based at least in part on the second content request wherein the first request for the content object is received at a central office, wherein the central office is communicably coupled to the first customer premises by a first communication link, and wherein the second communication premises is communicably coupled to the second customer premises by a second communication link, wherein the first communication link and the second communication link includes a common physical layer portion, wherein the first communication link operates at a first spectrum on the common physical layer portion, and wherein the second communication link operates at a second spectrum on the common physical layer portion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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