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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2010
Christopher J. White, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerry B. Scott, Los Altos, CA (US);
Daniel R. Cook, San Jose, CA (US);
Monica I. Morogan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher J. White, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerry B. Scott, Los Altos, CA (US);
Daniel R. Cook, San Jose, CA (US);
Monica I. Morogan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating an active state of a media server configured to capture a media stream from one or more media sources. The method also includes determining a failure associated with the media server, and activating a failover media server to receive the media stream based on the failure. The method further includes replicating configuration data associated with the media server that experienced the failure. The configuration data can be provisioned in a suitable database. The failover media server is configured using the configuration data.