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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Alastair Michael Slater, Malmesbury, GB;
Mark Robert Watkins, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Michael Sparkes, Bristol, GB;
Alastair Michael Slater, Malmesbury, GB;
Mark Robert Watkins, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Michael Sparkes, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of serving out video over a network of video servers includes evaluating a capacity of the network as a whole to serve out specific video items by establishing, for each video server in the network, an established ability of each server to serve out the specific items that are potentially servable from each video server. The method further includes using the established abilities of each video server to evaluate an overall capability of the network as whole to serve out each of the specific video items. The method also includes varying the overall capability to serve out at least a selected one of the specific video items in accordance with the overall capability of the network.