Patent ID: 9674575
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for processing a request for media from a viewer comprising: receiving the request in a translatable format at a name resolution system executed by a name routing processor comprising hardware and translating the request by a protocol converter at the name resolution system from the translatable format to a format processable by a routing engine executed by the name routing processor; processing the translated request at the routing engine and identifying a resource configured to stream at least some media for reception by the viewer according to a reservation for the at least some media, the at least some media identified in at least one program; mapping a reply to the translated request at the name resolution system by the protocol converter, the reply mapped to the translatable format and comprising an identification of the resource; monitoring a communication status of at least one communication link of the resource at a switch manager executing on the name routing processor; and monitoring a processing status of the resource for operational capacity to stream the at least some media at a control manager executed by the name routing processor.