Data Feed Resource Reservation System

Abstract

An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times.

1 . A method of managing delivery of a video feed over a terrestrial network, the method comprising:
 receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive the video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available; and   configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving a publication request specifying the publication time range. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising identifying one or more available resources that are available at the respective delivery times. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein configuring available resources comprises reserving one or more ports of a replicator to deliver the requested video feed at the respective delivery times. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining whether there is sufficient bandwidth on one or more ports of a video feed delivery device to deliver the requested video feed at each of the one or more delivery times. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising sending a rejection message if there is insufficient bandwidth available to deliver the requested video feed at a requested delivery time. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising sending a reservation confirmation message confirming that resources are available to deliver the requested video feed if sufficient bandwidth is available. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising de-allocating the available resources after delivery of the requested video feed. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein configuring available resources comprises determining if resources are available to deliver the requested video feed at each of the one or more delivery times, and if resources are not available to deliver the requested video feed to one of the one or more destination sites, and resources are available to deliver the video feed to the other one or more destination sites, configuring only the available resources to deliver the video feed to the other destination sites at the respective delivery times. 
     
     
         10 . A system for managing delivery of video feeds over a terrestrial network, the system comprising:
 a resource scheduler operable to reserve available resources at one or more requested times for delivering a video feed to respective one or more requested destinations; and   a configuration module operable to configure the available resources for delivering the video feed to one or more destinations at the respective times at which resources are available.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the resource scheduler is further operable to release available resources after the one or more requested delivery times. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the resource scheduler is further operable to receive a publication request specifying a publication time window in which the video feed will be available for delivery. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the resource is further operable to receive a subscription request specifying one or more requested delivery times and respective one or more destinations. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the resource scheduler is further operable to determine whether each of the one or more requested delivery times are within the publication time window. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the resource scheduler is operable to determine whether sufficient resources are available at an origination location and each of the one or more destinations at the respective delivery times. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the resource scheduler is further operable to choose a destination location from among a plurality of destination locations to which the video feed can be delivered. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the resource scheduler chooses the destination location based on zones of locations. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the resource scheduler provides an online interface for subscribing to video feeds to be published. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the online interface presents video feeds that will be published and wherein the online interface receives subscriptions to one or more selected video feeds. 
     
     
         20 . A computer implemented method for managing delivery of a data feed over a terrestrial network, the method comprising:
 receiving a publication request specifying a publication time frame within which the data feed will be available for publication;   receiving a subscription request to subscribe to the data feed, the subscription request specifying a destination to receive the data feed and an associated delivery time to deliver the data feed at the destination;   reserving available bandwidth at the specified delivery time if the specified delivery time is within the publication time frame; and   denying the subscription request if the specified delivery time is outside the publication time.