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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Scott C. Labrozzi, Cary, NC (US);
James M. Hill, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Adrian P. Phillips, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Mahesh Viveganandhan, Cupertino, CA (US);
William C. Versteeg, Buford, GA (US);
Scott C. Labrozzi, Cary, NC (US);
James M. Hill, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Adrian P. Phillips, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Mahesh Viveganandhan, Cupertino, CA (US);
William C. VerSteeg, Buford, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a request for a linear media service and determining that the linear media service is not available. An upstream server is provided with start-up content that is streamed in response to the linear media service not being available. The method also includes switching to the linear media service if the linear media service becomes available. In certain example implementations, the upstream server is an origin server, a residential gateway, an edge cache, an endpoint, etc.