Patent ID: 8166510
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing video on demand loading, the method comprises: servicing, by a first server of a plurality of servers operable to contemporaneously service a plurality of requests for a corresponding plurality of different video programs, a first request of the plurality of requests for accessing a video program via a first redundant array of independent disks (RAID) associated with the first server; receiving, by the first server of the plurality of servers, an additional request for accessing the video program that the first server is currently accessing; determining that, while the first server is capable of servicing the additional request, the additional request is for accessing the video program that the first server is currently accessing and a second server of the plurality of servers is not accessing the video program; providing the video program and the additional request to the second server of the plurality of servers, based on the determination that the additional request is for accessing the video program that the first server is currently accessing and the second server of the plurality of servers is not accessing the video program; storing the video program received from the first RAID at a second RAID associated with the second server; and servicing, by the second server, the additional request via the second RAID, wherein the second server acts independently of the first server to service the additional request.