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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
John Schlack, Quakertown, PA (US);
Charles A. Hasek, Iv, Bromfield, CO (US);
John Schlack, Quakertown, PA (US);
Charles A. Hasek, IV, Bromfield, CO (US);
Beaumaris Networks Inc., Boxborough, MA (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A configuration as discussed herein includes a content management system. The content management system can reside in a central location or be distributed amongst multiple different locations in a network environment. In general, the content management system keeps track of configuration information for the retrieval of content. For example, the content management system identifies a presence of one or more content delivery sources in the network environment. The content management system utilizes the contact information to communicate with content delivery sources for discovery of configuration information. The configuration information can indicate: i) a respective address of the content delivery source, ii) a type of content outputted by the respective address, iii) a format of the content such as streaming data outputted by the respective address. The configuration information can be used to identify an address in which to retrieve requested content according to a desired format.