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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Manuel Costa, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez, Cambridge, GB;
Stuart Ranson, Cambridge, GB;
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Manuel Costa, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez, Cambridge, GB;
Stuart Ranson, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods of encoding content for distribution over a network and methods for decoding encoded content which has been distributed over the network. In a first example in which the content is divided into a plurality of segments and each segment comprising a plurality of blocks of data, the method comprises selecting a segment from the plurality of segments and selecting at least two blocks of the selected segment from a store of blocks. A new encoded block is created from a linear combination of the selected blocks.