Managing access to streams hosted on duplicating switches
AssigneeAOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
InventorsScott K. Brown, Thomas Pepper, David Biderman
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Abstract
A source accessed by a terminal may be changed by enabling a terminal to access a stream of data units on a first duplicating switch, determining that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch, and transitioning the terminal to the second duplicating switch to access the stream.
Claims53
A method of changing a stream source accessed by a terminal, the method comprising:
- enabling a terminal to access a stream of data units from a first duplicating switch;
- determining that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch;
- and enabling the terminal to access the stream from the second duplicating switch.
A method of managing access to streams on duplicating switches, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a terminal to receive a stream of data units;
- identifying a duplicating switch to host the stream;
- and
- enabling the duplicating switch to transmit the stream to the terminal.
A method of changing a source accessed by a terminal from a stream of data units receiving from a first duplicating switch to a stream of data units receiving from a second duplicating switch, the method comprising:
- receiving a first stream of data units from a first duplicating switch;
- determining that the terminal should receive a second stream of data units from a second duplicating switch during the transmission of the first stream to the terminal;
- transitioning to the second stream of data units in response to the determination;
- and
- synchronizing the first and second streams.
A stream manager comprising:
- first processing means structured and arranged to enable a terminal to access a stream of data units from a first duplicating switch;
- second processing means structured and arranged to determine that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch;
- and
- third processing means structured and arranged to enable the terminal to access the stream from the second duplicating switch.
A stream manager comprising:
- first processing means structured and arranged to receive a request from a terminal to receive a stream of data units;
- second processing means structured and arranged to identify a duplicating switch to host the stream;
- and
- third processing means structured and arranged to enable the duplicating switch to transmit the stream to the terminal.
A method of changing a source accessed by a terminal from receiving a stream of data units from a first duplicating switch to receiving the stream of data units from a second duplicating switch, the method comprising:
- receiving a first stream of data units from a first duplicating switch;
- determining that the terminal should receive a second stream of data units from a second duplicating switch during the transmission of the first stream to the terminal;
- transitioning to the second stream of data units in response to the determination;
- and
- synchronizing the first and second streams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.