Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for dynamically adapting network delivery modes of content
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Application No.: US16511930Application Date: 2019-07-15
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Publication No.: US10944848B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Han Q. Nguyen , Sunil Maloo , Douglas M. Nortz
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent John G. Rauch
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/18 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/801 ; H04N21/24 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/63 ; H04N21/6375 ; H04N21/6402 ; H04N21/6405 ; H04N21/6408 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/84 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
A content distribution network includes a first server in communication with an anycast server that provides content via a unicast signal, and with a multicast server that provides the content via a multicast signal. The first server is configured to receive a list of source addresses associated with the content, and to provide a metadata file including an anycast Internet protocol address of the anycast server from the list of source addresses as an Internet protocol address of the content in response to a first request for the content. When the number of client devices requesting the content exceeds a first threshold, the first server receives an updated list of sources including a multicast Internet protocol address of a multicast server, and provides the multicast Internet protocol address of the multicast server as the Internet protocol address of the content in the metadata file.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190342423A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTING NETWORK DELIVERY MODES OF CONTENT Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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