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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Wade L Hennessey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John B. Wainwright, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wade L Hennessey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John B. Wainwright, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kontiki, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates receiving content at a client from one or more servers that can potentially provide the content. The client starts by sending a request for the content to a directory server. In response to the request, the client receives a list of candidate servers that can potentially provide the content from the directory server. Once the client has received the list of candidate servers, the client sends a request to one or more of the candidate servers for the content, and subsequently receives the content from one or more of the candidate servers.