Patent ID: 8566886
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a requesting device for video on demand channel content; identifying a location of the requesting device with respect to a first edge aggregation device; searching an index stored at an asset mapper device to locate the video on demand channel content; and instructing the first edge aggregation device to forward the video on demand channel content to the location of the requesting device; wherein when the location of the requesting device is downstream of a second edge aggregation device and the first edge aggregation device is downstream of a first metro aggregation router and the second edge aggregation device is downstream of a second metro aggregation router, the method comprises instructing the first edge aggregation device to forward the video on demand channel content to the location of the requesting device through the second metro aggregation router without requesting a second stream of the video on demand channel content from a video on demand server.