Patent ID: 7970999
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An audio/video distribution system comprising: logic to enable a first node to access first parts of an audio/video stream from mass storage local to the first node and to provide the first parts of the stream to an external distribution network via at least one I/O port; logic to enable the first node to cache the first parts in cache memory local to the first node; logic to enable a second node to access second parts of the audio/video stream from mass storage local to the second node and to provide the second parts of the stream to the external distribution network via the at least one I/O port; logic to enable the second node to cache the second parts in cache memory local to the second node; logic to enable the first node to access the cache memory local to the second node for second parts different from the first parts cached in the cache memory local to the first node, and to stream the second parts that are different via the at least one I/O port; and logic to enable the second node to access the cache memory local to the first node for first parts different than the second parts, and to stream the first parts that are different via the at least one I/O port.