Patent ID: 8806045
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at a node device of a predictive popular content replication system, the method comprising: receiving a request for a recorded video asset of available recorded video assets, each of the available recorded video assets categorized in a content category of different content categories; in response to receiving the request for the recorded video asset, determining whether to replicate the available recorded video assets that are categorized in a same category as the requested recorded video asset, said determining based in part on monitoring previous requests for the requested recorded video asset over more than one day at times of the day to forecast popularity of one or more of the different content categories in which the requested recorded video asset is included; and in response to determining that the same content category which includes the requested recorded video asset is more popular than a least popular of the different content categories for one of the times of the day, initiating replication of the requested recorded video asset and the available recorded video assets that are categorized in the same content category before the one time of the day.