Content delivery system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10270821
APP PUB NO 20160080446A1
SERIAL NO

14780704

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A method of distributing content from a source in a content delivery network, the method comprising: monitoring requests for delivery of an item of content; obtaining a prediction of future demand in respect of the said content; applying a unicast-to-multicast switching decision algorithm, the switching decision algorithm taking into account the prediction of future demand and arranged to determine whether at least one trigger condition is met; and, dependent on the outcome of the unicast-to-multicast switching decision algorithm, initiating the transition of a plurality of unicast data streams to a multicast data stream in respect of the item of content.

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  • BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Karthikeyan, Vidhyalakshmi London, GB 26 375
Nauck, Detlef London, GB 21 277

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