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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
Brad Medford, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
Brad Medford, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a system and method for recording and accessing multimedia data. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining a first number of requests to record specific multimedia content at a first server supporting a multimedia content distribution service. The first server may be configured to transmit multimedia data to multiple customer premises equipment (CPE). The method may also include recording the specific multimedia content at a second server when the first number of requests is greater than or equal to a threshold. The second server may be configured to transmit the multimedia data to the first server.