Patent ID: 9607003
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. In a system that uses multi-resolution coding to store files at multiple different resolutions within multiple storage devices, a method for processing a user request for a first file, comprising: storing a base layer associated with the first file on a first group of storage devices; storing a first linear combination of the base layer associated with the first file and a first refinement layer associated with the first file on a second group of storage devices; storing a second linear combination of the base layer associated with the first file and the first refinement layer associated with the first file on the second group of storage devices; receiving, at a server, a first request for the first file at a next to lowest resolution from a first user; wherein the server responds to the first request by: receiving, at the server, a second request for the first file at a next to lowest resolution from a second user; and wherein the server responds to the second request by: