Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Delivering an audio video asset
- Patent Title (中): 提供音频视频资产
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Application No.: US13391812Application Date: 2010-06-24
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Publication No.: US08429700B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Alex Ashley , Laurent Bertrand , James Nord , Trevor Smith , Simon John Parnall
- Applicant: Alex Ashley , Laurent Bertrand , James Nord , Trevor Smith , Simon John Parnall
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Priority: GB0915661.3 20090908
- International Application: PCT/IB2010/052889 WO 20100624
- International Announcement: WO2011/030235 WO 20110317
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173 ; H04J3/14

Abstract:
A method of delivering an audio video asset is described. The method includes: receiving an order specifying an audio video asset to be delivered and a delivery destination for the audio video asset, wherein a delivery destination represents one or more physical delivery recipients; determining delivery paths representing different delivery technologies that could be used to deliver the audio video asset to the delivery destination; retrieving a set of path capacity timelines for the delivery paths, wherein path capacity timelines in the set of path capacity timelines each model a quantity of available capacity varying over time; processing the path capacity timelines to yield delivery path capacities; applying an allocation algorithm to the delivery path capacities to yield candidate delivery allocations, wherein candidate delivery allocations each includes one or more time periods during which one or more time periods a defined quantity of capacity can be allocated for delivery of the audio video asset; applying a cost function to the candidate delivery allocations to yield cost values, wherein the cost values each represent a cost of delivering the audio video asset according to the candidate delivery allocations; calculating scores for the candidate delivery allocations in dependence on a cost value for that candidate delivery allocation and one or more other objectives; selecting a candidate delivery allocation having a lowest score to yield a selected candidate delivery allocation; and delivering the audio video asset according to the selected candidate delivery allocation. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120192213A1 Delivering an Audio Video Asset Public/Granted day:2012-07-26
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