| 摘要 |
A network system supporting the streaming of multimedia content provided from a server system through a network connection to a content player executed by a client system. The network system includes a last-element cache provided as the terminal element of a distributed network cache system, where the last-element cache resides within a persistent data store of a client system, and a cache content controller, coupled to the last-element cache, that operates as the exclusive local access manager for the content of the last-element cache. The cache content controller is responsive to information provided by a remote content server system to select a plurality of predetermined content files for storage by the last-element cache. The cache content controller is also responsive to requests by the content player to select a predetermined one of the predetermined content files for streaming transfer to the content player. |
