Flow shunting method and device in rush hours of video watching

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a flow shunting method and device in rush hours of video watching. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a video watching list that a user watches a continuous video to acquire the online time of the continuous video in the video watching list; actively pushing the online information of the continuous video to a set of terminal equipment of the user when achieving the online time, enabling the terminal equipment of the user to download the video content of the continuous video watched by the user ahead of the rush hour period by use of the time interval between the video online time and the rush hour period, thereby not occupying the flow of a video website in the rush time period in the premise of unchanging the use and watching habits. The delay and stumble caused by video downloading and watching in the rush hour period is avoided, the user experience is improved while unchanging the watching habit of the user, and the flow shunting of the video flow in the rush hour time is realized.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of the Internet, in particular to a traffic shunting method and device during a video viewing peak period. Background technique [0002] With the increasing popularization of Internet technology, watching various video programs through the Internet has become a very important way of entertainment for people. With the development of technology, people can watch video programs on the Internet through various terminals, and in various occasions and places, such as: mobile phones, tablet computers, personal computers and Internet TV set-top boxes and so on. [0003] However, due to people's working and living habits, the time periods for watching online video programs are always concentrated in certain time periods, such as from 7:00 to 10:00 in the evening. During this period of time, since a large number of users simultaneously watch video programs from Internet video websites, a huge traffic pressure is caus...

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Problems solved by technology

However, during the viewing peak period, users still need to download video content from the edge server, and there are still many users accessing the same edge server at the same time. When there are too many users and the traffic is too large, they will switch to other servers, resulting in an increase in the number of CDN switching , which increases the burden on the overall system, and due to frequent switching and the heavy traffic of each edge server, it causes delays and freezes when users watch videos, which reduces user experience

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