METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

摘要

The invention includes a system, apparatus, and method for storing media content within a service provider network. The system includes multi-service servers associated with access points adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network. Each multi-service server includes a common storage partition adapted for storing media content and a plurality of end-user storage partitions adapted for maintaining associations to media content. The system includes media servers that communicate with the multi-service servers for providing media content to the multi-service servers. In response to a request for media content received from one of a plurality of end-user devices, the requested media content stored in the common storage partition is associated with a selected one of the end-user storage partitions associated with the end-user. The request for media content is received in response to end-user directed advertisements received at any of the plurality of end-user devices.

主权项

1. A method for supporting advertising and sale of media content, comprising:
receiving, at a server, a request for the server to store media content for a first end-user; wherein the server comprises a common storage partition configured for storing media content and a plurality of end-user storage partitions configured for maintaining associations to portions of the media content stored in the common storage partition; wherein the media content identified in the request is associated with an advertisement propagated toward the first end-user or a second end-user; and storing an association to the requested media content in one of the end-user storage partitions associated with the first end-user.