Claims
- 1. A method for delivering media content over a network, comprising:(a) transcoding the media content to generate a plurality of copies of the media content, each of said plurality of copies having a different destination type; (b) storing said plurality of copies in a cache; (c) receiving requests for the media content; and (d) selecting and delivering a copy of one of said plurality of copies in response to each of said requests, wherein a copy is selected if it has a destination type that is the same as an optimal destination type associated with a corresponding one of said requests.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:(e) deleting at least one of said plurality of copies from said cache based on an intelligent algorithm.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein step (e) comprises:deleting at least one of said plurality of copies from said cache based on a least-recently-used algorithm.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/742,294, filed Dec. 22, 2000, now a U.S. Pat. No. 6,407,680.
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