Data feed resource reservation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10225296-B2
Application number	US-201715823189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 17, 2009
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
by at least one computing device:
determining a publication time range to make a video feed available wherein determining the publication time range comprises receiving a publish request to make the video feed available during the publication time range;
receiving, after determining the publication time range, a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive the video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites;
determining that the respective delivery times are within the publication time range;
identifying one or more available network resources that are available at the respective delivery times, wherein the step of identifying comprises:
determining whether there is sufficient bandwidth on one or more ports of a video feed delivery device to deliver the requested video feed at each of the respective delivery times;

configuring the one or more available network resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective delivery times; and
de-allocating the available network resources after delivery of the requested video feed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring available resources comprises reserving one or more ports of a replicator to deliver the requested video feed at the respective delivery times.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a rejection message if there is insufficient bandwidth available to deliver the requested video feed at a requested delivery time.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a reservation confirmation message confirming that resources are available to deliver the requested video feed if sufficient bandwidth is available.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring available resources comprises determining if resources are available to deliver the requested video feed at each of the one or more delivery times, and if resources are not available to deliver the requested video feed to one of the one or more destination sites, and resources are available to deliver the requested video feed to the other one or more destination sites, configuring only the available resources to deliver the video feed to the other destination sites at the respective delivery times.

6. A system comprising:
at least one processor;
memory, operably connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a method, the method comprising:
determining a publication time range to make a video feed available, wherein determining the publication time range comprises receiving a publish request to make the video feed available during the publication time range;
receiving, after determining the publication time range, a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive the video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites;
determining that the respective delivery times are within the publication time range;
identifying one or more available network resources that are available at the respective delivery times, wherein the step of identifying comprises:
determining whether there is sufficient bandwidth on one or more ports of a video feed delivery device to deliver the requested video feed at each of the respective delivery times;

configuring the one or more available network resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective delivery times; and
de-allocating the available network resources after delivery of the requested video feed.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein configuring available resources comprises reserving one or more ports of a replicator to deliver the requested video feed at the respective delivery times.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises sending a rejection message if there is insufficient bandwidth available to deliver the requested video feed at a requested delivery time.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises sending a reservation confirmation message confirming that resources are available to deliver the requested video feed if sufficient bandwidth is available.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein configuring available resources comprises determining if resources are available to deliver the requested video feed at each of the one or more delivery times, and if resources are not available to deliver the requested video feed to one of the one or more destination sites, and resources are available to deliver the requested video feed to the other one or more destination sites, configuring only the available resources to deliver the video feed to the other destination sites at the respective delivery times.

11. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
determining a publication time range to make a video feed available, wherein determining the publication time range comprises receiving a publish request to make the video feed available during the publication time range;
receiving, after determining the publication time range, a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive the video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites;
determining that the respective delivery times are within the publication time range;
identifying one or more available network resources that are available at the respective delivery times, wherein the step of identifying comprises:
determining whether there is sufficient bandwidth on one or more ports of a video feed delivery device to deliver the requested video feed at each of the respective delivery times;

configuring the one or more available network resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective delivery times; and
de-allocating the available network resources after delivery of the requested video feed.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein configuring available resources comprises reserving one or more ports of a replicator to deliver the requested video feed at the respective delivery times.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises sending a rejection message if there is insufficient bandwidth available to deliver the requested video feed at a requested delivery time.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises sending a reservation confirmation message confirming that resources are available to deliver the requested video feed if sufficient bandwidth is available.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein configuring available resources comprises determining if resources are available to deliver the requested video feed at each of the one or more delivery times, and if resources are not available to deliver the requested video feed to one of the one or more destination sites, and resources are available to deliver the requested video feed to the other one or more destination sites, configuring only the available resources to deliver the video feed to the other destination sites at the respective delivery times.

Assignees

• Level 3 Communications Llc
• Level 3 Communication Llc

Inventors

• Korte Ryan
• Hoffmann Billy
• Hall Drew
• Balda David

Classifications

• H04N21/2402

  Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available (traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876) · CPC title

• H04L47/74

  measures in reaction to resource unavailability · CPC title

• H04N21/2221 Primary

  being a cable television head-end (CATV in broadcast systems H04H20/78) · CPC title

• H04L65/4076 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L43/0882

  Utilisation of link capacity · CPC title