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Peer-to-peer streaming of non-live content

  • US 9,210,085 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2007
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for viewing streamed content over a network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a receiving peer via a first connection, a first portion of a content stream from a transmitting peer in a peer-to-peer network, the first portion including less than the entire content stream, a first priority level assigned to the first connection based on the first connection being a peer-to-peer type connection;

    playing, by the receiving peer, the received first portion of the content stream;

    computing, by the receiving peer, a bid representing a maximum number of bits to be received by the receiving peer from a server included in the network;

    submitting, by the receiving peer, the bid to the server;

    responsive to the bid, obtaining, by the receiving peer via a second connection, a second portion of the content stream from the server, a second priority level assigned to the second connection based on the second connection being a server-to-peer type connection;

    granting, by the receiving peer, the second connection assigned the second priority level a higher priority to bandwidth access than is granted to the first connection assigned the first priority level; and

    playing, by the receiving peer, the obtained second portion of the content stream.

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