Peer assisted video-on-demand for set-top based IP network
- Summary
- Lead Inventors: Henning Schulzrinne, Ph.D.Problem or Unmet Need:Streaming videos and movies over the Internet are increasingly becoming popular. Devices such as set-top boxes allow streaming videos to the home television directly from the Internet. The provider of these videos has to maintain central servers and allocate large bandwidth for streaming thousands of videos simultaneously. This incurs a significant economic cost for the provider. The technology proposes a novel algorithm to allow set-top boxes to stream videos from other set-boxes in a peer-to-peer (p2p) fashion. It takes advantage of the fact that set-top boxes have large storage capacity and are connected to the Internet. Streaming videos in a peer-to-peer fashion reduces load on the central server.
- Technology Benefits
- Cost sensitive streaming of movies over the Internet Reduction of load on the content provider
- Technology Application
- Set-top boxes Streaming of user-generated content in a p2p fashion
- Detailed Technology Description
- The technology proposes a novel algorithm to allow set-top boxes to stream videos from other set-boxes in a peer-to-peer (p2p) fashion. It takes advantage of the fact that set-top boxes have large storage capacity and are connected to the Inter...
- *Abstract
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- *Inquiry
- Calvin Chu Columbia Technology Ventures Tel: (212) 854-8444 Email: TechTransfer@columbia.edu
- *IR
- M07-102
- *Principal Investigator
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- *Publications
- Janardhan V., and Schulzrinne, H., Peer assisted VoD for set-top box based IP network, (2007) Workshop on peer-to-peer streaming and IP-TV 335:339
- *Web Links
- WIPO: WO2009/005747
- Country/Region
- USA
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