Patent ID: 8510785
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving over a network, at an on-demand computing device, a request to send media content to a playback device, wherein the media content is stored in a media library of a content server; recording a buy time for the media content requested; comparing the media content requested to a predictor list, wherein the predictor list includes content names that are candidates for promotion to a cache if a buy count for the media content requested reaches a threshold; retrieving the media content from a hierarchical cache, the hierarchical cache including the predictor list, a cache and the content library, wherein the window length of time during which the buy count may result in promotion to the cache is adjusted based on an age of the content with the oldest buy time in the cache; and sending the media content over a network to the playback device.