Patent ID: 8392533
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting a plurality of video streams over a plurality of channels to a plurality of client devices including a first client device, the plurality of channels being grouped as a plurality of bonded groups; receiving a request for a first video stream; determining whether the first video stream is included in a first one of the bonded groups that is currently assigned to the first client device, and if not, then determining whether any of the bonded groups includes the first video stream and other streams currently assigned to the first client device; and responsive to determining that none of the bonded groups includes the first video stream and said other currently-assigned streams, determining an available second one of the bonded groups that includes a next largest subset of the first video stream and said other currently-assigned streams, and assigning the second one of the bonded groups to the first client device.