公开(公告)号：US20080016220A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11801997

申请日：2007-05-11

申请人： Robert Horen ,  Sanjay Singal

发明人： Robert Horen ,  Sanjay Singal

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/2312 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/24 ,  H04N21/232

摘要： Method, computer program product and server computer system for use in a client server computer architecture. The server sends media assets over computer network to client computer and maintains file system organized into plurality of asset groups, each asset group comprising plurality of media assets, wherein media assets share storage medium bandwidth and storage space on server computer that is reserved for asset group to which plurality of media assets belong. An asset group placement policy module is provided that evaluates attributes of asset group to determine optimal placement of asset group within the file system of server computer system, avoiding replication of assets and spreading asset group across multiple file systems wherever possible. A media asset placement policy module is provided that evaluates asset bandwidth to determine optimal placement for asset and available resources and use this evaluation to distribute media assets within asset groups.

摘要翻译： 方法，计算机程序产品和服务器计算机系统，用于客户端服务器计算机体系结构。 服务器通过计算机网络将媒体资源发送到客户端计算机，并将文件系统组织成多个资产组，每个资产组包括多个媒体资产，其中媒体资产共享存储介质带宽和服务器计算机上为存储资产组保留的存储空间 多个媒体资产属于哪个。 提供资产组配置策略模块，评估资产组的属性，以确定资产组在服务器计算机系统的文件系统中的最佳放置，避免在可能的情况下复制资产和跨多个文件系统扩展资产组。 提供媒体资产定位策略模块，评估资产带宽以确定资产和可用资源的最佳放置，并使用此评估在资产组中分配媒体资产。

公开(公告)号：US07403993B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-22

申请号：US10205476

申请日：2002-07-24

申请人： Ranjit John ,  Satish N. Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

发明人： Ranjit John ,  Satish N. Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F17/30017

摘要： The present invention provides loosely-coupled cluster systems comprising a plurality of servers based on storage attached to the plurality of servers. Videos, or other assets, are automatically replicated within the server system to increase the number of concurrent play requests serviceable. The server systems can detect spikes in demand that may exceed the guaranteed number of concurrent play requests serviceable and dynamically transfer the high-in-demand or ‘hot’ asset to servers in the cluster that do not have the video. Alternatively, instead of transferring the entire asset, varying length prefixes of the asset may be transferred depending on the availability of resources. The remainder of the asset is transferred in some embodiments on demand with sufficient buffering or other storage to guarantee playback to the user or subscriber according to the required quality of service (QOS).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了松散耦合的集群系统，其包括基于连接到多个服务器的存储器的多个服务器。 视频或其他资产在服务器系统内自动复制，以增加并发播放请求的数量。 服务器系统可以检测到可能超过可保护的并发播放请求数量的尖峰，并将高需求或“热”资产动态地传输到没有视频的集群中的服务器。 或者，代替传输整个资产，可以根据资源的可用性来转移资产的不同长度的前缀。 在一些实施例中，资源的剩余部分在需要时通过足够的缓冲或其他存储来传送，以保证根据所需的服务质量（QOS）向用户或用户播放。

公开(公告)号：US20080270610A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-30

申请号：US12166276

申请日：2008-07-01

申请人： Ranjit John ,  Satish Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

发明人： Ranjit John ,  Satish Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/40

摘要： The present invention provides loosely-coupled cluster systems comprising a plurality of servers based on storage attached to the plurality of servers. Videos, or other assets, are automatically replicated within the server system to increase the number of concurrent play requests serviceable. The server systems can detect spikes in demand that may exceed the guaranteed number of concurrent play requests serviceable and dynamically transfer the high-in-demand or ‘hot’ asset to servers in the cluster that do not have the video. Alternatively, instead of transferring the entire asset, varying length prefixes of the asset may be transferred depending on the availability of resources. The remainder of the asset is transferred in some embodiments on demand with sufficient buffering or other storage to guarantee playback to the user or subscriber according to the required quality of service (QOS).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了松散耦合的集群系统，其包括基于连接到多个服务器的存储器的多个服务器。 视频或其他资产在服务器系统内自动复制，以增加并发播放请求的数量。 服务器系统可以检测到可能超过可保护的并发播放请求数量的尖峰，并将高需求或“热”资产动态地传输到没有视频的集群中的服务器。 或者，代替传输整个资产，可以根据资源的可用性来转移资产的不同长度的前缀。 在一些实施例中，资源的剩余部分在需要时通过足够的缓冲或其他存储来传送，以保证根据所需的服务质量（QOS）向用户或用户播放。

公开(公告)号：US20080209067A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-28

申请号：US12038798

申请日：2008-02-27

申请人： Ranjit John ,  Satish N. Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

发明人： Ranjit John ,  Satish N. Menon ,  Laxmi Thota ,  James Wang ,  Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy ,  Robert Horen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/40

摘要： The present invention provides loosely-coupled cluster systems comprising a plurality of servers based on storage attached to the plurality of servers. Videos, or other assets, are automatically replicated within the server system to increase the number of concurrent play requests serviceable. The server systems can detect spikes in demand that may exceed the guaranteed number of concurrent play requests serviceable and dynamically transfer the high-in-demand or ‘hot’ asset to servers in the cluster that do not have the video. Alternatively, instead of transferring the entire asset, varying length prefixes of the asset may be transferred depending on the availability of resources. The remainder of the asset is transferred in some embodiments on demand with sufficient buffering or other storage to guarantee playback to the user or subscriber according to the required quality of service (QOS).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了松散耦合的集群系统，其包括基于连接到多个服务器的存储器的多个服务器。 视频或其他资产在服务器系统内自动复制，以增加并发播放请求的数量。 服务器系统可以检测到可能超过可保护的并发播放请求数量的尖峰，并将高需求或“热”资产动态地传输到没有视频的集群中的服务器。 或者，代替传输整个资产，可以根据资源的可用性来转移资产的不同长度的前缀。 在一些实施例中，资源的剩余部分在需要时通过足够的缓冲或其他存储来传送，以保证根据所需的服务质量（QOS）向用户或用户播放。