Patent ID: 7865611
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A content delivery method for delivering content from at least one delivery node that holds a block allocated thereto from among a plurality of blocks constituting said content to a receiving node in a computer network, said method comprising: said receiving node transmitting playback start time of each block as delivery reservation request information to a corresponding one of said delivery nodes; said corresponding delivery node receiving said delivery reservation request information from said receiving node; said corresponding delivery node determining delivery start time and delivery end time based at least on said delivery reservation request information and on reservation status and network bandwidth information; said corresponding delivery node transmitting said delivery start time and said delivery end time as delivery reservation result information to said receiving node; said receiving node receiving said delivery reservation result information from said corresponding delivery node; and said receiving node receiving said block by requesting, in accordance with said delivery reservation result information, delivery of said block from said corresponding delivery node.