Patent ID: 8972718
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing load balanced secure media content delivery in a distributed computing environment, comprising: segmenting and encrypting media content into a set of individual encrypted segments each having a same fixed size on a centralized control center; staging the complete set of individual encrypted segments to a plurality of intermediate control nodes; mirroring individual encrypted segments from the staged complete set to a plurality of intermediate servers; receiving requests from clients for the media content at the centralized control center; receiving each individual encrypted segment in the set from one of an intermediate control node and an intermediate server optimally sited from the requesting client; reassembling the individual encrypted segments into the media content for media playback; broadcasting a pulse from each requesting client prior to receiving each individual encrypted segment; and selecting the optimally-sited one of intermediate control node and an intermediate server based on responses to the pulse.