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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lara Deek, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ishaan Shastri, San Jose, CA (US);

Mohit Vora, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/726 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04N 21/238 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/726 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/75 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04N 21/238 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing information related to a playback session in which at least a portion of requested multimedia content is streamed over a network to a client electronic device. The method further includes accessing network topology information for the network to identify which route through the network was used to provide the requested multimedia content during the playback session, including indicating which end node was used to provide the multimedia content. Still further, the method includes accessing network steering factors that indicate why the requested multimedia content was steered through the identified network route, determining, based on the network steering factors, which end node would have been more suited to providing the requested multimedia content for the playback session, and then transferring the requested multimedia content to the determined end node for provisioning during subsequent playback sessions. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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