Stream merging for video on demand

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H04N 21/23 (2011.01) H04N 21/239 (2011.01)

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CA 2508074

A channel merging method for a video on demand system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S1) and at least one sub-channel (S11), said root channel (S1) being established according to a request from a client that makes the earliest request, each of said sub-channels (S11) being established in response to a request from a client that makes a later request; and monitoring variation of the number of the clients that are using each of said established channels, and maintaining the channel if the number of the clients using the monitored channel is not zero, and closing the channel if the number of the clients using the monitored channel becomes zero.

L'invention concerne un procédé de fusion de canaux pour un vidéo sur un système sur demande. En réponse à des demandes d'une pluralité de clients pour un programme vidéo, ledit procédé consiste : à établir un canal de base (S1) et au moins un sous-canal (S11), ledit canal de base (S1) étant établi selon une demande d'un client qui effectue la demande au plus tôt et chaque sous-canal (S11) étant établi en réponse à une demande d'un client qui effectue une demande plus tard; et à contrôler la variation du nombre de clients qui utilisent chaque canal établi de façon à maintenir le canal si le nombre de clients qui utilisent le canal contrôlé est différent de zéro, et à fermer le canal si le nombre de clients qui utilisent le canal contrôlé devient zéro.

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