Patent ID: 7877468
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing video data from a transmitting server to a receiving server, the method comprising: receiving by the transmitting server a schedule from a schedule provider indicating a desired time for distributing the video data from the transmitting server to the receiving server, wherein the schedule comprises metadata for the video data and excludes the video data, the metadata corresponding to content type; proposing by a schedule director of the transmitting server, the proposing being at least partially based on at least a portion of the metadata, an input data path for the receiving server; where the resource dependencies exist within the receiving server, enumerating, by the resource manager, one or more resource dependencies for each of a plurality of resource chains for the input data path; matching the plurality of resource chains with one or more existing resource reservations in the receiving server; determining a first resource chain from the plurality of resource chains with resources sufficient for the input data; reserving in the receiving server the one or more resources corresponding to the first resource chain; and receiving the video data at the receiving server from a data source using the first resource chain.