Transmission device load balancing

摘要

A content providing service may employ a variety of streaming devices such as servers, and may associate or assign the servers to different content duration time ranges. Each server may then be responsible for servicing requests for content whose duration lies within the server's assigned content duration time range. In response to overload or underload status of a server, the server's time range may be adjusted. The time range of other servers in the system may also be adjusted to compensate.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
associating content duration time ranges with each of a plurality of content transmitting computing devices; receiving a request for content; determining a duration of the content; identifying which of the content duration time ranges corresponds to the determined duration; and assigning the received request to a content transmitting computing device whose content duration time range corresponds to the determined duration.