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US 8,275,746 B2Granted
Video and multimedia distribution system
AssigneeV V S Virtual Video Systems (Canada) Inc.
InventorsRajesh Vadavia, Claudio Castravelli
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Abstract
Digital media content-on-demand hosting/delivery system for using an n-tier, multi dimension dynamic data technology to distribute digital content and manage information and comprising separate delivery and end-user systems with separate but compatible software, the hosting/delivery system being sub-divided into distributed hosting clusters serving small groups of users, ensuring local balance and overcoming diversity of connection/streaming speeds of end users.
Claims3
A method of digital content distribution comprising the steps of:
- providing selections of digital content from a user;
- continuously updating user information associated with the user, wherein user profiles are obtained from said user information, said user profiles being used by a distribution system to provide digital content from a central content warehouse to a distribution content warehouse;
- calculating time required for downloading digital content corresponding to the selection of digital content for smooth play based on available network speed;
- identifying pre-content based on the calculated time and the continuously updated user information, pre-content being other content played before completion of download of the digital content corresponding to the selection of digital content;
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- playing the identified pre-content until a pre-selected percentage of the download of the digital content corresponding to the selection of digital content achieved.
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