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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Michael Harville, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michele Covell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Ankcorn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Apostolopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sumit Roy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
BO Shen, Fremont, CA (US);
Wai-tian Tan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susie Wee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Harville, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michele Covell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Ankcorn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Apostolopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sumit Roy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bo Shen, Fremont, CA (US);
Wai-tian Tan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susie Wee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing a streaming media service. The method includes receiving a request for a streaming media service from a client and the streaming media service includes a media service component. A service location manager is selected to which to provide the request from a plurality of service location managers. Additionally, a service provider is selected to which to assign the media service component from a plurality of service providers of a network. Furthermore, the service provider is informed of the assignment to perform the media service component. The service provider is caused to prepare to perform the streaming media service on streaming media. Moreover, information is used to determine whether to initiate a handoff of the streaming media service from the service provider to another service provider. If it is determined to initiate the handoff, the handoff is initiated.