Patent ID: 6434610
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method of operating a Server which supplies subscribers with data streams of different contents, each particular content of the different contents being supplied in a data stream to one or more of the subscribers from at least one of a plurality of memory units of the server, said method comprising:setting up a Busy list for each of the different contents stored in the memory units of the server, with each memory unit of the memory units, in which the particular content is stored, being allocated to the Busy list of the particular content, and each of the memory units not needed for supplying data streams to any of the subscribers being allocated to a Free list, and when a further one of the memory units is necessary for supplying one of the data streams corresponding to a given content of the different contents to one of the subscribers, selecting one of the memory units allocated to the Free list, wherein the selecting step includes first attempting to select a memory unit allocated to the Free list which is also allocated to the Busy list of the given content.