A content service application server distributes source content to a content server, and the content server preprocesses the source content according to a preprocessing policy.

The content providing server provides content.

The content server provides content.

The server manager will monitor at least the first content server, and when a failure is detected, initiate the transition from the first content server to a second content server.

A performance of a publisher server, a first content server, and a second content server is determined.

The first server is a mesh content server.

The source content server (470) hands off responsibility for serving the content to the destination content server (572).

The content server receives content from content providers.

The interactive broadcasting system includes a web server, a content providing server, a streaming server, a broadcast control server, and a content control server.

The local content server device may contain at least some content that is also contained by the remote content server device.

In accordance with the present invention, the set-top box requests a transfer of a first content to a content server and receives a first content from the content server.

The content server (14) distributes the content to the content receiver (15).

The content server stores content items received from a content provider.

The content server or proxy server identifies data access reference patterns of clients associated with the content server or the proxy server hierarchy.

Server Side adaptation implies that the content is delivered by the originating content server or application.