A method and apparatus is presented for distributing data among media servers in a network. Methods implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present invention facilitate load balancing across the network. In one embodiment, a client-side load-balancing method is presented. In a second embodiment,...http://www.google.com/patents/US20060242318?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060242318 - Method and apparatus for cascading media