CPC H04N 21/2187 (2013.01) [H04L 65/61 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04N 21/2365 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for live stream disaster recovery, comprising:
routing a first user request for media content to a first video encoding and distribution platform as a primary platform, the primary platform including, for primary video transmission: primary video encoding, video packing, manifest generation and content delivery network (CDN) components;
determining an operational status of the primary platform;
if the operational status of the primary platform positively indicates the ability to deliver streamed content, continuing to route subsequent user requests for media content to the primary platform;
if the operational status of the primary platform negatively indicates the ability to deliver streamed content, routing subsequent user requests for media content to a second video encoding and distribution platform running in parallel to the primary platform as a disaster recovery (DR) platform, which uses separate video transmission and includes independent DR video encoding, video packing, manifest generation, and content delivery network (CDN) components.
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