LOCAL CACHE PROVIDING FAST CHANNEL CHANGE
Methods, systems, and apparatuses facilitate the processing of requests for media content, which can originate from a request by a user or device to change a channel. The media content for a subset of channels can be locally cached and fetched for quick retrieval.
1 . A method for caching multimedia content, comprising:
receiving a request for content related to a channel;
determining whether the requested content related to the channel is cached in one of a plurality of channel caches;
if the content related to the channel is not in one of the plurality of channel caches, updating the channel cache by dissociating existing content in one of the plurality of channel caches responsive to a caching rule;
sending a request for content related to the channel;
receiving content related to the channel; and
caching the content related to the channel in the updated channel cache.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the caching rule comprises a least recently used algorithm.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending a TCP request.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending an IGMP Join request.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising fetching the content from the updated channel cache and resetting the counter associated with the updated channel cache.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising fetching the content from the channel cache having the content if the content related to the channel is in one of the plurality of channel caches.
7 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for caching multimedia content, the instructions comprising:
receiving a request for content related to a channel;
determining whether the requested content related to the channel is cached in one of a plurality of channel caches;
if the content related to the channel is not in one of the plurality of channel caches, updating the channel cache by dissociating existing content in one of the plurality of channel caches responsive to a caching rule;
sending a request for content related to the channel;
receiving content related to the channel; and
caching the content related to the channel in the updated channel cache.
8 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the caching rule comprises a least recently used algorithm.
9 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending a TCP request.
10 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending an IGMP Join request.
11 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising fetching the content from the updated channel cache and resetting the counter associated with the updated channel cache.
12 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising fetching the content from the channel cache having the content if the content related to the channel is in one of the plurality of channel caches.
13 . A system for caching multimedia content, the system operable for:
receiving a request for content related to a channel;
determining whether the requested content related to the channel is cached in one of a plurality of channel caches;
if the content related to the channel is not in one of the plurality of channel caches, updating the channel cache by dissociating existing content in one of the plurality of channel caches responsive to a caching rule;
sending a request for content related to the channel;
receiving content related to the channel; and
caching the content related to the channel in the updated channel cache.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the caching rule comprises a least recently used algorithm.
15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending a TCP request.
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein sending a request for content comprises sending an IGMP Join request.
17 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising fetching the content from the updated channel cache and resetting the counter associated with the updated channel cache.
18 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising fetching the content from the channel cache having the content if the content related to the channel is in one of the plurality of channel caches.