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Distributed storage network architecture using user devices

A device and network technology, applied in the field of broadband services, which can solve problems such as network slowdown

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-06
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
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Transmitting these amounts of data over a DSL, cable, or T1 connection can take hours and can slow down the entire network

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[0015]Figure 1 is a block diagram of a data processing system (also referred to as a data network) 100 in providing a content item 101 to a data processing system 100 according to the invention. Content items 101 are received by service area network (SAN) 110 or 111 from external content database 102 via network connection 105, such as satellite, Internet, cable, or physical delivery service (not shown), and routed using hub 122. The network connection 105 may be part of various types of (sub)network topologies, such as daisy-chain, star or ring topologies, etc. or combinations thereof. Front-end control system 120 of SAN 110 selects at least one end-user system 130 , tests connection 125 and utilizes router 115 to download content item 101 or a portion thereof to system 130 . Preferably, host intelligent dynamic routing algorithms are used in this process. The system 130 stores the delivered content using a local storage 135 such as a HDD. When the download and verification...

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An electronic content delivery system uses a network of end-user devices around a hub. Each end-user device has storage capability. Content is stored in a distributed fashion on the network of these end-user devices for being made available to individual ones of these devices in a P2P fashion so as to cut download time and reduce transmission errors. The system enables digital rights management of the content.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to systems and methods for enabling any rich digital media content distribution service, for example broadband services such as video on demand (VOD) over a data network such as the Internet. Background technique [0002] Providing quality VOD services over the Internet presents formidable technical and organizational challenges to potential service providers. Downloading or streaming video files over the Internet is often hampered by failures, which occur more frequently if the number of hops to be traversed increases. The result may be, for example, failed user applications or the experience of randomly and intermittently frozen video frames, especially in the case of live video broadcasts. Downloading or streaming video files from a centrally located server over the Internet also keeps costs in check, since many users can simultaneously download one or more files requiring huge bandwidth. A well-known method is to dow...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F12/00G06F13/00H04N5/913
CPCH04N7/173H04N21/25435H04N21/4335H04N21/4627H04N21/47202H04N21/4788H04N21/482H04N21/632H04N21/8358H04N2005/91335H04N2005/91364G06F15/16H04N21/6334
Inventor T·丘
Owner KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV