公开(公告)号：US09736202B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14629348

申请日：2015-02-23

Applicant: NETFLIX, Inc.

Inventor： Anthony N. Park ,  Neil D. Hunt ,  Wei Wei

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L65/4069 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L69/14

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for a content player to stream a media file using multiple network connections. To stream the media file, the content player downloads metadata associated with a requested media file, establishes a network connection with multiple content servers (or multiple network connections with a single content server or both) and begins requesting portions of the media file. In response, the requested portions are transmitted to the content player. The content player may employ a predictive multi-connection scheduling approach to determine which network connection to use in downloading a given chunk.

公开(公告)号：US09699519B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US13654301

申请日：2012-10-17

Applicant: NETFLIX, Inc.

Inventor： Mark Watson ,  Neil D. Hunt ,  John Funge ,  Anthony N. Park

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04N21/6581 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/322 ,  H04N21/23106 ,  H04N21/23116 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/44209

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating preference rankings in response to requests for streaming media content received from client devices. The preference rankings are used to indirectly partition streaming media content across different content distribution networks (CDNs). Such partitions may be referred to as a “soft” partition, as all of the streaming media content remains available from each CDN. That is, the partitioning of content across CDNs is not absolute, and any content item may be requested from any CDN. Doing so ensures that content remains available even where the preferred CDN for a given content item fails, while at the same time increasing the probability of a cache hit at the CDNs, without increasing the cost or the actual cache sizes of the content caches of different CDNs.

公开(公告)号：US10326810B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15677982

申请日：2017-08-15

Applicant: NETFLIX Inc.

Inventor： Anthony N. Park ,  Neil D. Hunt ,  Wei Wei

IPC: H04L29/02 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for a content player to stream a media file using multiple network connections. To stream the media file, the content player downloads metadata associated with a requested media file, establishes a network connection with multiple content servers (or multiple network connections with a single content server or both) and begins requesting portions of the media file. In response, the requested portions are transmitted to the content player. The content player may employ a predictive multi-connection scheduling approach to determine which network connection to use in downloading a given chunk.

公开(公告)号：US08966014B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-24

申请号：US13777241

申请日：2013-02-26

Applicant: NETFLIX, Inc.

Inventor： Anthony N. Park ,  Neil D. Hunt ,  Wei Wei

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L65/4069 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L69/14

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for a content player to stream a media file using multiple network connections. To stream the media file, the content player downloads metadata associated with a requested media file, establishes a network connection with multiple content servers (or multiple network connections with a single content server or both) and begins requesting portions of the media file. In response, the requested portions are transmitted to the content player. The content player may employ a predictive multi-connection scheduling approach to determine which network connection to use in downloading a given chunk.

Abstract translation: 本发明的实施例阐述了内容播放器使用多个网络连接流媒体文件的技术。 为了流媒体文件，内容播放器下载与请求的媒体文件相关联的元数据，建立与多个内容服务器的网络连接（或与单个内容服务器或两者的多个网络连接），并开始请求媒体文件的部分。 作为响应，所请求的部分被发送到内容播放器。 内容播放器可以采用预测多连接调度方法来确定在下载给定块时使用哪个网络连接。