发明名称 |
CHANNEL MERGING FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND |
摘要 |
A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S 1 ) and at least one sub-channel (S 11 ), said root channel (S 1 ) being established according to a request from a client that makes the earliest request, each of said sub-channels (S 11 ) being established in response to a request from a client that makes a later request; and monitoring variation of the number of the clients that are using each of said established channels, and maintaining the channel if the number of the clients using the monitored channel is not zero, and closing the channel if the number of the clients using the monitored channel becomes zero. |
申请公布号 |
EP1568228(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.08.31 |
申请号 |
EP20030812215 |
申请日期 |
2003.11.24 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
PEI, YUN, ZHANG;SHAO, LING;XIE, DONG |
分类号 |
H04N7/173;H04N21/2385;H04N21/61;H04N21/6377;H04N21/6405 |
主分类号 |
H04N7/173 |
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