Distributing data content in private networks

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and device for distributing data content in a private network.;Thus, in a first aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for distributing data content in a private network comprising a number of secondary network segments each connected to a main network segment via a virtual private network connection, which private network comprises devices for rendering the data content. The method comprises the step of arranging the devices rendering the data content as peers in a peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity overlay network within the private network. Further, the method comprises the step of assigning a managing peer in the main network segment responsible to download the data content from a streaming source outside the private network via a gateway and to distribute the data content to at least one further peer in the main network segment. Moreover, the method comprises the step of assigning a managing peer in each secondary network segment responsible to fetch the data content from a peer in the main network segment and to distribute the fetched data content to at least one further peer within the same secondary network segment.

主权项

1. A method, for use in a coordinating device, of distributing data content in a private network comprising a number of secondary network segments each connected to a main network segment via a virtual private network (VPN) connection, which private network comprises devices for rendering the data content, the method comprising the steps of:
arranging the devices rendering the data content as peers in a peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity overlay network within the private network; assigning a main managing peer in the main network segment, wherein the main network segment includes at least the main managing peer and one or more non-managing peers, and the main managing peer is responsible to download the data content from a streaming source outside the private network via a gateway and to distribute the data content to at least one non-managing peer in the main network segment; and assigning a secondary managing peer in each secondary network segment, wherein the secondary network segment includes at least the secondary managing peer and one or more non-managing peers, and the secondary managing peer is responsible to fetch the data content from one of the non-managing peers in the main network segment and to distribute the fetched data content to at least one non-managing peer within the same secondary network segment.