UNIQUE GROUPING OF COMMUNICATION SOURCES

摘要

The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory or storage device) for optimization of authorization codes (or identifications, IDs) for delivery of multimedia content such as video channels using unique grouping of sources (to be delivered to users) into content packages assigned new authorization codes. Then each original content package may be represented by a combination of uniquely grouped packages assigned with a plurality of corresponding new codes.

主权项

1. A method performed by a network computing device, comprising:
identifying a plurality of original content packages assigned with a plurality of original codes, each original content package having an original code of the plurality of original codes and comprising one or more sources deliverable to users by a content provider; identifying, among the plurality of original content packages, groups of duplicate content packages, where the duplicate content packages being assigned different original codes; assigning one reference code to each of the groups comprising duplicate content packages, so that all duplicate content packages in each group being assigned only one reference code; forming a plurality of non-duplicate content packages including non-duplicate content packages with the original codes and with the assigned reference codes; further identifying overlapping sources in the formed plurality of non-duplicate content packages; and forming a plurality of new content packages assigned with a plurality of new codes, where each new content package having a new code and the plurality of new content packages comprise content packages having only the overlapping sources and only non-overlapping sources.