Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for distributing video on demand
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Application No.: US11848031Application Date: 2007-08-30
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Publication No.: US08554941B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Kadangode Ramakrishnan , Samrat Bhattacharjee , Tae Won Cho , Vijay Gopalkrishnan , Rittwik Jana , Divesh Srivastava
- Applicant: Kadangode Ramakrishnan , Samrat Bhattacharjee , Tae Won Cho , Vijay Gopalkrishnan , Rittwik Jana , Divesh Srivastava
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Ed Guntin
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A method of providing content comprises making the content available on a central server, and surveying a plurality of peers for a portion of the content. The portion of the content from one of the peers is obtained when the portion of the content is available from the one of the peers, and obtained from the central server when the portion of the content is not available from the plurality of peers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090063681A1 Systems and methods for distributing video on demand Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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