Patent ID: 9661356
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for execution by a dispersed storage processing module, the method comprises: storing a broadcast of data in accordance with an error coding dispersal storage function, wherein the broadcast of data is stored as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices and wherein encoding the broadcast of data via the error coding dispersal storage function facilitates error-free decoding of the broadcast of data via decoding of a threshold number of encoded data slices that is less than a total number of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein the threshold number of encoded data slices can be any combination of encoded data slices from the plurality of sets of encoded data slices; receiving, from a requesting unit, a playback request for the broadcast of data; in response to the playback request: