Patent ID: 7277956
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A server computer for use in a computer network having at least one client computer, the server computer characterized in that the server computer: sends media assets over said computer network to said client computer, the server computer coupled to at least one file system organized into a plurality of asset groups, each asset group comprising at least one media asset, all media assets within an asset group sharing a quota of system resources including storage medium bandwidth resources and storage medium space resources on the server computer that is reserved for the asset group on a per-asset-group basis rather than on a per-asset basis, and the asset group and the at least one media asset in the asset group being placed within the at least one file system according to (i) an asset group placement policy for placing the asset group which determines the resource quota for the asset group, and (ii) a media asset placement policy for placing the media asset within the placed asset group, which in combination guaranteeing a specified number of simultaneous playouts for each media asset within the asset group; and the file system further characterized in that the asset group is created by: