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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Yoel Moshe Zanger, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Gil Matan Gat, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Boris Malamud, Rishon-Lezion, IL;
Alon Diamant, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Dvir Volk, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Yoel Moshe Zanger, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Gil Matan Gat, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Boris Malamud, Rishon-Lezion, IL;
Alon Diamant, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Dvir Volk, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Giraffic Technologies Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A computer implemented method of transferring multimedia content from a content server to a receiving client, comprising: receiving the multimedia content from the content server; processing the multimedia content according to predefined redundancy parameters; receiving a downloading request for the multimedia content from the receiving client; sending the multimedia content to the file servers; reporting a plurality of file servers with respective uploading bit rates; the client receiving a bandwidth allocation; the receiving client calculating a downloading scheme; and the receiving client downloading content in packets from the file servers and verifying the integrity and authenticity of every processed frame (group of packets) obtained from file servers. The method enhances streaming effectivity by using a robust seeding procedure.