Cisco Technology, Inc.

Vivek Kansal

Jayaraman R Iyer

Bhaskar Bhupalam

Biswaranjan Panda

Carlos M Pignataro

Kent Kinchu Leung

Paul M Quinn

Jianxin Wang

Reinaldo Penno

Hung The Chau

Chui-Tin Yen

Timothy Peter Stammers

Mahesh Viveganandhan

Gary M Springer

Embodiments are directed to receiving an original packet at a service function; determining, for a reverse packet, a reverse service path identifier for a previous hop on a service function chain; determining, for the reverse packet, a service index for the reverse service path identifier; and transmitting the reverse packet to the previous hop on the service function chain.

Method, medium, and apparatus for inserting a placeholder service function

Generating packets in a reverse direction of a service function chain

Multi-tier recording to enable, for example, seek-back unique copy recording may be provided. First, content may be recorded to a time-shift buffer. Recording instructions may be received and a virtual recorder corresponding to a user may be instantiated. Next, content from the time-shift buffer may be obtained according to the received recording instructions. Then the obtained content may be saved to the instantiated virtual recorder.

Multi-tier recorder to enable seek-back unique copy recording

Network operators are striving to find ways to provide stable video services amid a rapid increase in video traffic. In order to provide stable video services with constrained network resources, network operators attempted to reduce video file sizes using a content adaptation engine (CAE). However, network operators failed to efficiently readdress video flows to CAEs. This disclosure provides systems and methods for efficiently readdressing video flows to CAEs.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for client transparent video readdressing

Network operators are striving to find ways to provide stable video services amid a rapid increase in video data traffic. In order to provide stable video services with constrained network resources, network operators attempted to reduce video file sizes and to cache videos for future use. However, network operators failed to exploit user information and to leverage benefits of distributing these functionalities across the network. This disclosure provides systems and methods for efficiently delivering video and managing video caches by exploiting user information and by distributing video delivery functionalities across the network.

Systems and methods for intelligent video delivery and cache management

Systems and methods for client transparent video readdressing

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Vivek Kansal