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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2009
Vikram Venkata Koka, Fremont, CA (US);
Milton C. Soong, Los Altos, CA (US);
Neil A. King, Fremont, CA (US);
Vikram Venkata Koka, Fremont, CA (US);
Milton C. Soong, Los Altos, CA (US);
Neil A. King, Fremont, CA (US);
Rovi Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for tunable distribution of content are disclosed. Preferably, the content comprises digital rights and/or watermark information. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a request from a client. One or more content files related to the request and a user profile of a user are determined. One or more seeders are assigned to start the delivery of the one or more content files. The client is allowed to obtain a plurality of pieces of the one or more content files from the one or more seeders. At least one piece of the plurality of pieces of the one or more content files contains digital rights and/or watermark information.