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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Robert C Duzett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Marc I Herbert, Portland, OR (US);
Jonasan C. Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher E Mcginnis, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew D Phillips, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert C Duzett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Marc I Herbert, Portland, OR (US);
Jonasan C. Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher E McGinnis, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew D Phillips, Hillsboro, OR (US);
ARRIS Solutions, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of selecting a stream server of a plurality of stream servers to which to direct a content title, by (a) evaluating a cache ease-of-entry for each of a plurality of levels of a cache hierarchy for the plurality of stream servers; and (b) selecting the stream server from the plurality of stream servers to receive a content title, the selected stream server having a most favorable cache ease-of-entry over the plurality of levels of the cache hierarchy; (c) if none of the plurality of stream servers has a most favorable cache ease-of-entry over the plurality of levels of the cache hierarchy, selecting a stream server of the plurality of stream servers with a lowest miss traffic to which to direct the title; and (d) if none of the plurality of stream servers has a lowest miss traffic, selecting a stream server of the plurality of stream servers with a lowest stream traffic to which to direct the title.