Methods and apparatus for supporting content distribution
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    Methods and apparatus for supporting content distribution 审中-公开
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    公开(公告)号:EP2701385A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-26

    申请号:EP13005440.6

    申请日:2007-12-21

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for supporting content delivery service are described. In accordance with the invention content can be supplied to temporary storage of a regional or local server used to supply the content to a customer's premises when the requested content is not already available in the regional or local server. A content server hierarchy may be implemented with servers higher up in the hierarchy including more content, e.g., titles, than the number of titles stored in the lower level servers. By storing less frequently accessed content in servers higher in the hierarchy and frequently requested titles lower in the hierarchy, a vast number of titles can be supported without overburdening the storage available at local and regional servers. In addition, a national or other server high in the hierarchy can be used to store, move, and distribute local or other content as part of an on demand service.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于支持内容传送服务的方法和装置。 根据本发明,当所请求的内容在区域或本地服务器中不可用时,可以将内容提供给用于将内容提供给客户的场所的区域或本地服务器的临时存储。 内容服务器层次结构可以用层次结构中较高的服务器来实现,包括比存储在较低级服务器中的标题数量更多的内容,例如标题。 通过将较不频繁访问的内容存储在层次结构中较高的服务器中,并且层次结构中较低的频繁请求的标题,可以支持大量的标题,而不会对本地和区域服务器可用的存储负担过重。 另外,作为按需服务的一部分,可以使用层次结构较高的国家或其他服务器来存储,移动和分发本地或其他内容。