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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Chenghui Lian, Beijing, CN;
Fang Dong, Beijing, CN;
Chenghui Lian, Beijing, CN;
Fang Dong, Beijing, CN;
Roxbeam Media Network Corporation, Road Town, Tortola, VG;
Abstract
One embodiment provides a system and method for synchronously buffering real-time streaming content in a peer-to-peer overlay network to improve inter-peer-node synchronization. A requesting peer node identifies a partner peer node that transiently stages content segments. The requesting peer node determines the status of its local buffer and sends a request that indicates such status to a partner peer node. After receiving the most recent segment not present in the buffer from the partner peer node, the requesting peer node transiently stages the received segments in the buffer.