Patent ID: 7085843
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a network, a method for segmenting a streaming multimedia clip and distributing said streaming multimedia clip from an origin server to a plurality of streaming caches which comprise a distribution set in said network, the method comprising the steps of: determining a size (L) of the multimedia clip; segmenting the streaming multimedia clip into a first plurality of data segments of exponentially increasing size, wherein a segment size of a k-th data segment in the first plurality of data segments is computed using the size of the multimedia clip and a total number of data segments in the first plurality of data segments; dividing a remaining undivided portion of said multimedia clip into a second plurality of data segments having a predetermined segment size; and distributing the first and second pluralities of data segments from the origin server to said plurality of streaming caches, wherein an i-th data segment is distributed in an i-th distribution round to each of said plurality of streaming caches.