| US 7,574,406 B2 | ||
| System and method maximizing video license utilization using billboard services | ||
| Sridhar Varadarajan, Bangalore (India); Sridhar Gangadharpacci, Bangalore (India); Harish Gurudutt Kammanahalli, Bangalore (India); and Korrapati Kalyana Rao, Bangalore (India) | ||
| Assigned to Satyam Computer Services Limited of Mayfair Centre, Hyderabad (India) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 31, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/401,546. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0193544 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—59 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A system for maximizing the utilization of a plurality of licenses in the context of video distribution to a plurality
of plurality of subscribers, said system comprising:
means for computing a plurality of surplus licenses;
means for distributing said plurality of surplus licenses among said plurality of plurality of subscribers;
means for selling said plurality of surplus licenses; and
means for responding to a buying bid based on said plurality of surplus licenses,
wherein said means for computing said plurality of surplus licenses comprises:
processing on-demand license requests;
determining available licenses (La);
determining number of logged in subscribers (S) of said plurality of plurality of subscribers;
determining multiplicity factor (M) associated with said plurality of plurality of licenses;
computing required licenses (Lr), wherein said computing is based on the product S*M*T wherein T is a pre-defined threshold;
checking Lr with available licenses (La);
ordering La with respect to S in decreasing order; and
computing said plurality of surplus licenses (Ls) as top La−Lr licenses if La>Lr.
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