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Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanism

  • US 8,370,649 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2010
  • Issued: 02/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients, the method comprising:

  • identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client; and

    selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the client from another stream server in the event of a resource failure;

    wherein selecting the protection mechanism comprises;

    identifying the resource requirements of multiple protection mechanisms;

    establishing a fault recovery requirement for a content element; and

    selecting, for the content element, the protection mechanism with the lowest resource requirement that meets the fault recovery requirement for the content element, the lowest resource requirement being a least resource intensive protection mechanism meeting the fault recovery requirement, wherein the resource requirement that meets the fault recovery requirement is proportional to a desired speed of recovery in the event of the resource failure, the desired speed of recovery for the content element being a function of the attribute.

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