Abstract: A broadcast manager automatically commits resources and sets up network interconnections to produce a broadcast session on a data network. The broadcast manager automatically monitors usable network resources, tracks current data streams in the data network and tracks network resources that are used,by the current data streams to determine how resources are to be allocated. A system constructed according to the, invention may be used to provide multimedia distribution service that enables publishers to register multimedia presentations with the service and enables viewers to view these presentations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 1999
Date of Patent:
September 23, 2003
Assignee:
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Kenneth W. Colby, Brian Kenner, Michael McGinty