MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY USING AN OBFUSCATED MANIFEST

摘要

A node (14) for a content delivery network (12), CDN is provided. The CDN (12) is configured to store a plurality of first media segments and a plurality of second media segments different from the first media segments. The node (14) interacts with a device (20), the node (14) includes a reception module (24) configured to receive a manifest request, from the device (20), for media content corresponding to the plurality of first media segments (S100). The node includes a manifest module (30) configured to generate a manifest (48) for the requested media content. The manifest (48) indicates a plurality of modified media segments (50) including the plurality of first media segments and at least one of the plurality of second media segments (S102). The plurality of modified media segments (50) have uniform segment lengths with respect to each other. The node includes a transmission module (22) configured to transmit the manifest to the device for media playout (S104).