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A novel data placement scheme on optical discs for near-VOD servers

Tsao et al., 1997

Document ID
2197097787193525792
Author
Tsao S
Huang Y
Lin C
Liou S
Huang C
Publication year
Publication venue
International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services

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Recent advances on computing and communication technologies have made it possible to provide digital video services through network. One of the economic and practical applications is near video-on-demand systems. In this paper, a novel data placement …
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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, VOD [Video On Demand]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/239—Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client content requests
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    • H04N21/231—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
    • H04N21/2312—Data placement on disk arrays
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
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    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network, synchronizing decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
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    • H04N21/47202—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
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    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/102—Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers
    • G11B27/105—Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers of operating discs

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