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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Yang Guo, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yang Guo, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method is described including receiving a streamed leading content sub-clip, determining a set of needed content sub-clips, locating one of the set of needed content sub-clips and downloading the located content sub-clip. A system for providing content-on-demand is described having a peer, a server and a tracker. The tracker may be co-located with the server. The peer includes means for receiving a streamed leading content sub-clip, means for determining a set of needed content sub-clips, means for locating one of the set of needed content sub-clips and means for downloading the located content sub-clip.