Intelligent routing
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
InventorRichard Berger
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Abstract
Routing of content, including: receiving a request to access a content item from a device; determining at least one of status, location, and format of the content item; and planning a procedure to fulfill the request to access the content item, wherein the procedure includes a method and a route.
Claims20
A method of routing content, comprising:
- receiving a request to access a content item from a device;
- identifying one or more available content items matching the request;
- for each identified available content item, determining one or more criteria including status, location, and format of the content item;
- and
- selecting one of the identified available content items based on the one or more criteria;
- and
- sending an instruction to the device indicating the selected.
A method comprising:
- sending a request to access a content item to a server;
- receiving at the device an instruction from the server to enable the device to obtain the content item using a procedure which was determined by the server in accordance with one or more criteria including status, location, and format of the content item;
- and
- obtaining the content item by applying the instruction received from the server.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for routing content, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:
- receive a request to access a content item from a device;
- identify one or more available content items matching the request;
- for each identified available content item, determine one or more criteria including status, location, and format of the content item;
- and
- select one of the identified available content items based on the one or more criteria;
- and
- send an instruction to the device indicating the selected content item.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for receiving content, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:
- send a request to access a content item to a server;
- receive at the device an instruction from the server to enable the device to obtain the content item using a procedure which was determined by the server in accordance with one or more criteria including status, location, and format of the content item;
- and
- obtain the content item by applying the instruction received from the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.