公开(公告)号：US10812871B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US15462468

申请日：2017-03-17

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Yih-Farn Chen ,  Rittwik Jana ,  Daniel L. Stern ,  Hailong Sun ,  Bin Wei ,  Ping-Fai Yang

IPC: H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04L29/06

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.