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Reliable media streaming

  • US 8,392,748 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2009
  • Issued: 03/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing failover in a streaming media system, the method comprising:

  • receiving encoded media data from at least one encoder for a media stream, wherein the encoded data is pushed to an ingest server;

    pushing the received encoded media data from the ingest server to multiple origin servers so that the encoder consumes bandwidth for transmitting a single copy of the media data but gains failover provided by two or more origin servers;

    receiving from at least one distribution server a request to pull data from the origin server;

    determining that at least one of the encoder, the ingest server, the origin server, or the distribution server has experienced a failure that disrupts transmission of the media data; and

    directing a receiver of the media data to retrieve the media data from a redundant server with access to the encoded media data,wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.

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