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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Yih-farn Chen, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);
Daniel L. Stern, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hailong Sun, Beijing, CN;
Bin Wei, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ping-fai Yang, Thornhill, CA;
Yih-Farn Chen, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);
Daniel L. Stern, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hailong Sun, Beijing, CN;
Bin Wei, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ping-Fai Yang, Thornhill, CA;
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A video-on-demand (VOD) server in an Internet protocol television (IPTV) network with a network of set-top boxes includes IPTV operational data and an analysis module that selects a content item. The VOD server divides the content item into sequential chunks, divides the chunks into stripes, pre-populates set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receives a request for the content item, and directs each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes. A method includes selecting a content item based upon IPTV operational data, dividing the content item into sequential chunks, dividing the chunks into stripes, pre-populating set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receiving a request for the content item, and directing each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes.