TIMELY RECOVERY FOR MEDIA ON DEMAND STREAMING

摘要

For a media on demand (MoD) session where content is streaming from a first content server to a media agent, a server manager operates to minimize or eliminate the impact of a failure affecting the streamed content. The server manager will monitor at least the first content server, and when a failure is detected, initiate the transition from the first content server to a second content server. In particular, the server manager will directly or indirectly ensure that the media agent has sufficient information to establish another streaming session for the MoD session with the second content server. The transition is preferably facilitated in real time and within a short enough time period to eliminate or at least minimize the effect of the media ultimate presentation to the subscriber.