Patent ID: 9161065
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing bandwidth usage of a plurality of program streams in a content delivery network, said method comprising: receiving, via said network, one or more requests for individual ones of said plurality of program streams; based at least in part on said one or more requests, determining, at a stream management entity of said network, a future time at which said individual ones of said plurality of program streams are predicted to be requested; and binding said individual ones of said plurality of program streams to a session at a present time for delivery at said future time; wherein said binding corrects at least one bandwidth deficiency associated with servicing one or more requests substantially instantaneously while maintaining a current program stream load at said future time and said binding of said individual ones of said plurality of program streams to said session at said present time for delivery at said future time occurs despite a determination of an immediate bandwidth deficiency.