Patent ID: 9094367
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing content delivery on a network, comprising: a first client, which is on a local subnet, receiving content via a unicast transmission from a source outside of the local subnet; the first client sending a first broadcast to the local subnet announcing that the first client is receiving the content, thereby allowing other clients on the local subnet to request to receive the content from the first client, wherein the first client sends the first broadcast to the local subnet prior to receiving all of the content; the first client receiving, on the local subnet, one or more responses to the first broadcast requesting the content; the first client identifying, on the local subnet, a destination multicast address to deliver the content on the local subnet; the first client sending, on the local subnet, a second broadcast that identifies the destination multicast address; and the first client delivering, on the local subnet, the content to the destination multicast address, wherein the first client begins delivering received content to the destination multicast address prior to receiving all of the content.