Patent ID: 9706509
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a message at a given node of a group of nodes that is provided from an other node of the group of nodes, wherein the message comprises a node identifier and chunk information for the other node, the chunk information comprising a video chunk information field having a chunk length field and a chunk boundary field; determining a relative priority between the given node and the other node of the group of nodes based on the node identifier; electing a master node for the group of nodes based on the determined relative priority, the master node having a highest relative priority in the group of nodes; setting a chunk boundary for streaming content from the master node, wherein setting the chunk boundary comprises setting the chuck boundary corresponding to the chunk information from the chunk length field and the chunk boundary field of the elected master node; and sending, to the group of nodes, a synchronization information comprising chunk boundary information, the chunk boundary information comprising a chunk boundary location for a boundary of a last chunk of the streaming content and a chunk length indicating a distance from the boundary to a next chunk of the streaming content.