SYSTEMS, METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING A STORAGE DEVICE WITH NETWORK INTERFACE
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2022-12-19
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-08
AI Technical Summary
Existing content distribution systems incur latency and processor overhead due to data being transferred twice (from storage to memory and then to the network interface card) and require processor involvement for transcoding, which slows down data transmission and other operations.
A combined storage and network interface device that allows direct data transfer from storage to the network interface without passing through memory, and incorporates a buffer for transcoding, reducing latency and processor load.
This solution expedites content distribution by minimizing latency and processor cycles, enabling efficient data transmission and transcoding directly within the device, thus improving overall system performance.