A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FAULT TOLERANCE WHEN DELIVERING MEDIA ON DEMAND

摘要

A system and method is disclosed to deliver media on demand over a network. In particular, the present invention utilizes replication and redundancy to provide inherent fault tolerance to a subscriber of a media on demand system over a network. A plurality of copies of a subscriber selected media content are provided on a network. When a subscriber selects a particular selection of media content to use, a first copy of the selected media content is transmitted to the subscriber. This transmission is monitored for interruptions (200). If an interruption is detected (205), the point of interruption in the transmission of the subscriber selected media content is determined. The location of a second copy of the subscriber selected media content on the network is determined (225) subsequently transmitted to the subscriber over the network, commencing from the point of interruption in the transmission of the first copy of the subscriber selected media content.