Patent ID: 8370520
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a receiver to receive requests, from a plurality of client systems, for media content, the media content being stored in a memory and delivered via outbound media flows; a first system to: determine a relationship between the total number of the outbound media flows and a disk read speed or a buffer read speed associated with the memory; a second system to deliver a portion of a requested media content, using a respective one of the outbound media flows, to each of the plurality of client systems; and a third system to: instruct the receiver to refuse incoming media requests when the third system detects that the target flow rate, for each of the outbound media flows, will not be achieved if additional media content requests are accepted, or instruct the second system to deliver a portion of a lower quality media content to at least one client system, of the plurality of client systems, to meet the target flow rate for each of the outbound media flows.