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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Robert Wright, Marietta, GA (US);
Barbara J. Roden, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert Wright, Marietta, GA (US);
Barbara J. Roden, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property, I. L.P., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for providing delivery of segmented data files including a method for providing distributed delivery of segmented data files. The method includes receiving a request to send a data file to a target device. A directory is queried for one or more segments corresponding to the data file, where each of the segments includes a pointer to a data bundle located at one or more source locations. One of the source locations is selected for each of the segments. The data bundle from each of the selected source locations is transmitted to the target device.