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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Alan L. Glasser, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Andrew G. Gauld, Middletown, NJ (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Summit, NJ (US);
John F. Lucas, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Alan L. Glasser, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Andrew G. Gauld, Middletown, NJ (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Summit, NJ (US);
John F. Lucas, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A content delivery system includes a unicast content delivery module, a multicast content delivery module, and a content monitor module. The unicast content delivery module is configured to provide content using a unicast protocol, and the multicast content delivery module is configured to provide the content using a multicast protocol. The content monitor module is configured to receive requests from a plurality of clients for the content, count the requests to determine if the number of requests exceeds a threshold, and instruct the plurality of clients to receive the content from the multicast content delivery module when the number of requests exceeds the threshold.