A method of managing, by a service provider, a program stored within a service provider network. Multiple multimedia devices are in communication with the service provider network. In accordance with one embodiment, a method for managing, by a service provider, a program stored within a service provider network includes determining a first number of subscriptions for the program. If the first number of subscriptions is less than a first threshold, at least a portion of the program is transmitted to at least a first multimedia device having a subscription for the program and the program is removed from the service provider network.

A system and method for providing load balanced secure media content and data delivery (10) in a distributed computing environment is disclosed. Media content is segmented and encrypted into a set of individual encrypted segments on a centralized control center (15). Each individual encrypted segment has the same fixed size. The complete set of individual encrypted segments is staged to a plurality of intermediate control nodes (17, 19). Individual encrypted segments are mirrored from the staged complete set to a plurality of intermediate servers (21a-b, 23a-b). Requests are received from clients (11) for the media content at the centralized control center. Each individual encrypted segment in the set is received from one of an intermediate control node and an intermediate server optimally sited from the requesting client. The individual encrypted segments are reassembled into the media content for media playback.

Systems, methods, and software described herein manage the storage of video data in multiple storage locations. In one example, a system obtains video data from a video source and stores the video data in a first format in a first storage location. Additionally, the system stores the video data in a second format in a second storage location, wherein the second format comprises one or more lesser video quality characteristics than the first format. The system further identifies metadata associated with the video data and stores the metadata in the second storage location.

Methods and systems for managing data and/or operations on data such as content are disclosed. A method can comprise receiving data from a source, determining timing information associated with the source and automatically modifying a storage operation of data received from the source based upon the timing information.

A method includes receiving a request to initiate recording of a media object. The media object includes a first plurality of sequential media segments. The first plurality of sequential media segments is associated with a corresponding plurality of metadata files, each of which providing a description of a respective one of the first plurality of sequential media segments. The method includes generating, in response to receiving the request to initiate recording of the media object, a first common metadata file that is associated with the media object as a function of the corresponding plurality of metadata files. The first common metadata file includes sequencing information associated with the first plurality of sequential media segments. The method includes storing the first plurality of sequential media segments based on the sequencing information included in the first common metadata file.

A self-data-generating storage system and method for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a controller of the storage system is configured to receive a single video frame of video footage from a host; generate a plurality of video frames from an interpolation of the single video frame; and store the single video frame and the generated plurality of video frames in the memory. Other embodiments are provided.

Portions of different versions of a content asset may be stored in a manner that reduces the impact on viewing experience in the event of a failure of one of a plurality of storage subsystems of a content storage system. The portions of different versions of the content asset, which may be associated with a same portion of the playback time of the content asset, may be stored in different storage subsystems. If the storage subsystem storing a portion of one of the versions being retrieved for playback encounters a problem, a user device may access a corresponding portion of a different version stored on a different one of the storage subsystems.

Systems and methods for managing the storage and delivery of recorded content in a network digital video recorder (DVR) system are disclosed. A plurality of requests to record a program may be received, wherein the program may comprise a plurality of segments. A segment from the plurality of segments may be determined to be copied to a first storage. A copy of the segment may be received from a second storage and a plurality of copies of the segment may be created in the first storage from the copy of the segment received from the second storage. The quantity of the plurality of copies of the segment may be equal to the quantity of the plurality of requests to record the program.

Methods and systems for managing data and/or operations on data such as content are disclosed. A method can comprise receiving data from a source, determining timing information associated with the source and automatically modifying a storage operation of data received from the source based upon the timing information.

Data transmission delays can be significantly reduced by a method comprising by a client computer, receiving a command for downloading distributed information being identified by a primary location on a server sending information about the primary location to a proxy server, and retrieving at a primary piece of information of the distributed information being wherein the primary piece of information includes instructions for obtaining secondary pieces of information each being identified by secondary locations and determining a sequence of importance of the secondary pieces of information. The proxy server as well determines the sequence of importance and sends a first data stream comprising at least a portion of the secondary pieces of information to the client computer according to the sequence