| 摘要 |
<p>A method and system for providing content for a video-on-demand (VOD) service to one or more users, wherein the or each user has a client device 5 for decoding the video content for output to a display device. Part or all of a video data set, corresponding to a video programme, is pre-emptively sent to a selected one or more client devices in advance of a predetermined playtime associated with said video programme. Selection of the or each client device is performed by identifying, on the basis of a user profile associated with each user of the service, one or more users likely to request a download of said video programme at a future time. Decoding data is sent to the or each selected client device, the decoding data being arranged to enable decoding of said part or all of the video data set no earlier than the predetermined playtime.</p> |
