System and Method For Providing Load Balanced Secure Media Content And Data Delivery in a Distributed Computing Environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program executable by a processing unit to perform a method for providing load balanced secure media content delivery in a distributed computing environment, the method comprising:

• segmenting and encrypting media content into a set of individual encrypted segments, each having a same fixed size on a centralized control center;
• staging the complete set of individual encrypted segments to a plurality of intermediate control nodes;
• mirroring individual encrypted segments from the staged complete set to a plurality of intermediate servers;
• receiving requests from one or more clients for the media content at the centralized control center;
• receiving each individual encrypted segment in the set from one of an intermediate control node and an intermediate server optimally sited from the requesting client;
• and
• reassembling the individual encrypted segments into the media content for media playback.

A system for providing load balanced, secure media content delivery in a distributed computing environment, the system comprising:

• a centralized control center that segments and encrypts media content into a set of individual encrypted segments, a plurality of the segments being a portion of or the entirety of the media content size, the centralized control center including an encryption module stored in memory and executable by a processor to encrypt each individual segment to a unique encryption key;
• a plurality of intermediate control nodes that stage the set of individual encrypted segments;
• a plurality of intermediate servers that mirror individual encrypted segments from the staged set;
• and
• at least one client that:
• sends requests for the media content to the centralized control center,
• receives individual encrypted segments in the set from one of an intermediate control node and an intermediate server optimally sited from the requesting client, and
• reassembles the individual encrypted segments into the media content for media playback, and includes:
• a broadcasting module stored in memory and executable by a processor to broadcast a pulse prior to receiving individually encrypted segments, and
• a request processing module stored in memory and executable by a process to select the optimally sited one of intermediate control node and intermediate server based on responses to the pulse for subsequent receipt of individual encrypted segments in the set.