公开(公告)号：US20120284759A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-08

申请号：US13520603

申请日：2010-01-04

申请人： Xuehua LV ,  Dave Robinson ,  Kisel Andrey ,  Hongqiang Bao

发明人： Xuehua LV ,  Dave Robinson ,  Kisel Andrey ,  Hongqiang Bao

IPC分类号： H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/218

CPC分类号： H04N21/2225 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04N21/23113 ,  H04N21/64322

摘要： An edge content delivery device for an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) system and corresponding content delivery system are disclosed. The edge content delivery device comprises: a requesting apparatus for requesting media contents from other edge content delivery devices; a receiving apparatus for receiving media contents distributed by a central content delivery device, for receiving media contents from the other edge content delivery devices, and for receiving media contents ingested directly from a content source of a content provider; a storage apparatus for storing the received media contents; a controlling apparatus for managing the stored media contents based on a predetermined content management policy; a deleting apparatus for deleting the media contents from the storage apparatus according to an instruction from the controlling apparatus; and a streaming apparatus for streaming the requested media contents to an end user according to an instruction from the controlling apparatus, and in response to a request from another edge content delivery device, delivering the requested media contents to the requesting edge content delivery device.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于互联网协议电视（IPTV）系统和相应的内容传送系统的边缘内容传送装置。 边缘内容传送设备包括：请求设备，用于从其他边缘内容传送设备请求媒体内容; 用于接收由中央内容传送设备分发的媒体内容的接收设备，用于从其他边缘内容传送设备接收媒体内容，以及用于接收直接从内容提供商的内容源摄取的媒体内容; 用于存储所接收的媒体内容的存储装置; 控制装置，用于基于预定的内容管理策略管理所存储的媒体内容; 一种删除装置，用于根据来自控制装置的指令从存储装置中删除媒体内容; 以及流式传输装置，用于根据来自控制装置的指令将所请求的媒体内容流送到终端用户，并且响应于来自另一边缘内容传送装置的请求，将请求的媒体内容传送到请求边缘内容传送装置。