CHECKING IN AND CHECKING OUT CONTENT FROM A MEDIA CLIENT DEVICE

A device may be configured to store content. The device may store a copy count that indicates a quantity of copies of the content that are checked out from the device. The device may receive a request to provide a first copy of the content to a requesting device. The device may select a client devic...

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Hauptverfasser: GAVADE SAMEER, RAGHAVAN SENTHIL K, AHUJA SANJAY, DHANABALAN SANKAR RAM
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Zusammenfassung:A device may be configured to store content. The device may store a copy count that indicates a quantity of copies of the content that are checked out from the device. The device may receive a request to provide a first copy of the content to a requesting device. The device may select a client device to which to send a check-in message based on the copy count failing to satisfy a threshold count. The client device may store a second copy of the content that is checked out from the device. The device may send the check-in message to the client device. The device may receive a check-in response from the client device that checks in the second copy of the content. The device may provide the first copy of the content to the requesting device based on an updated copy count satisfying the threshold count.