SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAM CACHING

摘要

A system and method is described for stream caching content that is being provided to one or more users over a network. The streaming content may be split into a plurality of file sections (F1, F30), which may then be further split into a number of subfiles (S1, S4). These subfiles may then be streamed to a plurality of users over a network. In one embodiment, file sections may be cached on a common caching server and accessed by subsequent users without having to wait until the entire requested file has been streamed to a preceding user.