Patent ID: 8505057
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of conserving resources of an edge server disposed across a network and in communication with a central server, comprising: storing a stub file at the edge server, the stub file comprising metadata for content and a storage location for the content; informing a back office manager that the stub file is stored at the edge server, thereby causing the back office manager to perceive the content is stored at the edge server, when only the stub file is stored on the edge server and the content is stored on a server other than the edge server; marking, with the back office manager, that the content is ready for usage in response to the informing; receiving a demand for the content at a resource manager disposed across a network from the back office manger; in response to the receiving, reading, with the resource manager, the stub file to determine the storage location; retrieving, with the resource manager, the content from the storage location read from the stub file; and storing the content at the edge server.