US 7,613,735 B2 · Method and apparatus for managing multimedia content

Abstract

The invention includes a system, apparatus, and method for storing media content within a service provider network. The system includes multi-service servers associated with access points adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network. Each multi-service server includes a common storage partition adapted for storing media content and a plurality of end-user storage partitions adapted for maintaining associations to media content. The system includes media servers that communicate with the multi-service servers for providing media content to the multi-service servers. In response to a request for media content received from one of a plurality of end-user devices, the requested media content stored in the common storage partition is associated with a selected one of the end-user storage partitions associated with the end-user. The request for media content is received in response to end-user directed advertisements received at any of the plurality of end-user devices.

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Dependent claims

A system for storing media content within a service provider network, comprising:

a plurality of multi-service servers associated with access points adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network, each multi-service server comprising a common storage partition adapted for storing media content, each multi-service server comprising a plurality of end-user storage partitions, each end-user storage partition adapted for storing associations to portions of the media content in the common storage partition;
and
a plurality of media servers, at least a portion of the media servers being disposed within the service provider network, the media servers adapted for communicating with the multi-service servers for providing media content to the multi-service servers for storage in the respective common storage partitions of the multi-service servers;
wherein, in response to a request for media content received from an end-user device, the requested media content stored in the common storage partition of one of the multi-service servers having an end-user partition associated with the end-user device is associated with the end-user storage partition associated with the end-user device.

1 more element

A method for storing media content on a server within a service provider network, the server comprising a common storage partition adapted for storing media content and a plurality of end-user storage partitions adapted for maintaining associations to portions of the media content, wherein the server is associated with at least one access point adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to store media content in response to a request for the media content initiated by an end-user using an end-user device;
determining, in response to the request to store media content, whether the media content is stored in the common storage partition;
and
in response to a determination that the requested media content is not stored in the common storage partition, storing the requested media content in the common storage partition and associating the stored media content with the end-user storage partition associated with the end-user;
in response to a determination that the requested media content is stored in the common storage partition, associating the stored media content with the end-user storage partition associated with the end-user.

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An apparatus for storing media content within a service provider network, the apparatus comprising a common storage partition adapted for storing media content and a plurality of end-user storage partitions adapted for maintaining associations to portions of the media content, wherein the apparatus is associated with at least one access point adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a request to store media content in response to a request for the media content initiated by an end-user using an end-user device;
and
means for determining, in response to the request to store media content, whether the media content is stored in the common storage partition;
means for storing the requested media content in the common storage partition and associating the stored media content with the end-user storage partition associated with the end-user, in response to a determination that the requested media content is not stored in the common storage partition;
and
means for associating the stored media content with the end-user storage partition associated with the end-user, in response to a determination that the requested media content is stored in the common storage partition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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