Patent ID: 9401951
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for distributing information in a network, comprising: independently selecting segments of N files with N≧2; sending the selected segments to K terminals with K≧2, the sending including sending one or more of the selected segments except a first segment to a first number of the K terminals and sending one or more of the selected segments except a second segment to a second number of the K terminals; generating a first logical combination of segments of L files of the N files, the logical combination being based on an XOR operation for remaining portions of the N files to be sent to the K≧2 terminals, with L≦N; and sending the first logical combination to Q terminals of the K terminals, with Q≦K, the one or more selected segments sent to the first number of K terminals including the second segment and the one or more selected segments sent to the second number of K terminals including the first segment, a logical combination of the first logical combination and the one or more selected segments sent to the first terminal corresponding to the first segment and a logical combination of the first logical combination and the one or more selected segments sent to the second terminal corresponding to the second segment.