Content delivery in a network

摘要

An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for the content from a requester, retrieving the content from a media access server, and while retrieving the content from the media access server, simultaneously streaming the content to the requester. An embodiment of a system includes an edge server having a media streaming server configured to receive the request and stream the specified content to a requester from a local memory, and a stream caching server configured to retrieve the requested content from a media access server while the media streaming server is streaming at least a specified portion of the content, and wherein the stream caching server is further configured to store the retrieved content in a local cache and notify the media streaming server that content is stored in local cache.

主权项

1. A method for delivering a content object over a network, the method comprising:
receiving a request for the content object from a requester; retrieving the content object from a media access server; as the content object is retrieved:
storing the content object as a plurality of segments;maintaining metadata for the plurality of segments identifying at least the size of each of the plurality of segments, wherein the size of each of the plurality of segments is defined locally; andsimultaneously streaming stored segments of the requested content object to the requester; and prior to retrieving the content object from the media access server, determining whether a segment associated with the content object is stored in local memory and is not stale.