Patent ID: 7624153

Claim:
A method for allocating resources for delivering media content using a multi-tiered delivery infrastructure, comprising: receiving channel use data associated with usage of identified channels; and allocating, based on the received channel use data, the identified channels into a plurality of groups of channels that are provided to a client via one or more resources from a group of resources, the group of resources including first-tier static resources; first-tier dynamic resources; second-tier static resources; and second-tier dynamic resources, the plurality of groups of channels including: a first group of channels that is provided using a combination of the static first-tier resources and the static second-tier resources; a second group of channels that is provided using a combination of the static first-tier resources and the dynamic second-tier resources; and a third group of channels that is provided using a combination of the dynamic first-tier resources and the dynamic second-tier resources, wherein the first-tier resources are used to acquire media content and prepare the media content for delivery, and wherein the second-tier resources are used to deliver the media content to users.