1. A method comprising:
accessing, by a service providing system, data associated with a hosted online community comprising a plurality of members;
providing, by the service providing system, a peer-to-peer media streaming event to a group of the members of the online community based on the data associated with the online community; and
providing, by the service providing system, an incentive to the group of the members for participation in the peer-to-peer media streaming event.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the peer-to-peer media streaming event comprises:
scheduling a streaming of a media program during a timeslot;
inviting the members of the online community to participate in the streaming of the media program during the timeslot;
receiving an invitation acceptance from each member included in the group of the members of the online community; and
reserving, based on the invitation acceptance received from each member included in the group of the members of the online community, access to the streaming of the media program during the timeslot by the group of the members.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the inviting comprises:
sending an invitation to a first user device associated with a first member of the online community;
receiving user input provided by the first member, the user input indicating one or more other members of the online community; and
sending, in response to the user input, the invitation to one or more other user devices associated with the one or more other members of the online community.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the peer-to-peer media streaming event further comprises executing the streaming of the media program to the group of the members during the timeslot, wherein the executing of the streaming utilizes a peer-to-peer streaming configuration to stream the media program to at least a subset of the group of the members.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the executing of the streaming of the media program to the group of the members during the timeslot comprises:
streaming the media program from a media delivery server subsystem to a first user device associated with a first member included in the group of the members; and
while the first user device is receiving the streamed media program from the media delivery server subsystem, streaming the media program from the first user device to a second user device associated with a second member included in the group of the members.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the providing of the peer-to-peer media streaming event further comprises determining, based on the reserved access to the streaming of the media program by the group of the members and on the data associated with the online community, the peer-to-peer streaming configuration to be used for the streaming of the media program during the timeslot.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the peer-to-peer media streaming event based on the data associated with the online community leverages one or more attributes of the online community.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more attributes of the online community comprises at least one of:
a status of one or more members included in the group of the members within the online community;
a relationship between one or more members included in the group of the members within the online community; and
computing resources associated with one or more members included in the group of the members.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the providing of the peer-to-peer media streaming event to the group of the members comprises streaming a media program to the group of the members during a timeslot;
the streaming of the media program utilizes a peer-to-peer streaming configuration to stream the media program to at least a subset of the group of the members; and
the providing of the incentive to the group of the members for participation in the peer-to-peer media streaming event comprises providing discounted access to the media program for participation in the streaming of the media program.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the incentive to the group of the members comprises providing different incentives to members included in the group of the members based on at least one of:
levels of participation of the members of the group in the peer-to-peer media streaming event;
statuses of one or more members of the group in the online community; and
relationships between one or more members of the group in the online community.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the online community comprises a hosted online forum configured to facilitate sharing of information about media content between the members of the online community.
12. The method of claim 1, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.
13. A method comprising:
scheduling, by a service providing system, a streaming of a media program during a timeslot;
inviting, by the service providing system, members of a hosted online community to participate in the scheduled streaming of the media program;
receiving, by the service providing system, acceptances from a group of the members of the online community;
reserving, by the service providing system based on the received acceptances, access to the scheduled streaming of the media program by the group of the members;
determining, by the service providing system based on the reserved access to the scheduled streaming of the media program by the group of the members and online community data associated with the group of the members, a peer-to-peer streaming configuration to be used for the scheduled streaming of the media program during the timeslot; and
streaming, by the service providing system, the media program to the group of the members during the timeslot, wherein the streaming utilizes the peer-to-peer streaming configuration to stream the media program to at least a subset of members included in the group of the members.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the streaming of the media program to the group of the members during the timeslot comprises:
streaming the media program from a host media delivery server subsystem to a first user device associated with a first member included in the group of the members; and
while the first user device is receiving the streamed media program from the host streaming server subsystem, streaming the media program from the first user device to a second user device associated with a second member included in the group of the members.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the inviting comprises:
sending an invitation to a first user device associated with a first member of the online community;
receiving user input provided by the first member, the user input indicating one or more other members of the online community; and
sending, in response to the user input, the invitation to one or more other user devices associated with the one or more other members of the online community.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining of the peer-to-peer streaming configuration to be used for the scheduled streaming of the media program during the timeslot is based at least in part on one or more attributes of the online community.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more attributes of the online community comprises at least one of:
a status of one or more members included in the group of the members within the online community;
a relationship between one or more members included in the group of the members within the online community; and
computing resources associated with one or more members included in the group of the members.
18. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing, by the service providing system, one or more members included in the group of the members with an incentive for participation in the streaming of the media program to the group of the members during the timeslot.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the incentive comprises discounted access to the media program.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the online community comprises a hosted online forum configured to facilitate sharing of information about media content between the members of the online community.
21. The method of claim 13, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.
22. A method comprising:
receiving, by a user device, an invitation to participate in a group peer-to-peer media streaming event during a scheduled timeslot;
providing, by the user device, an acceptance of the invitation to a source of the invitation;
receiving, by the user device during the scheduled timeslot, an incoming media stream as part of the group peer-to-peer media streaming event;
processing, by the user device, the incoming media stream to present a media program for experiencing by a user of the user device;
while receiving and processing the incoming media stream, streaming, by the user device, the media program to another user device as part of the group peer-to-peer media streaming event and in accordance with a peer-to-peer streaming configuration; and
receiving, by the user device, information about an incentive provided to the user of the user device for participation in the group peer-to-peer media streaming event, wherein the incentive comprises discounted access to the media program for the participation in the group peer-to-peer media streaming event.
23. A system comprising:
an online community hosting facility configured to host an online community of members and to maintain data associated with the hosted online community;
a media delivery facility communicatively coupled to the online community hosting facility and configured to provide a peer-to-peer media streaming event to a group of the members of the online community based on the data associated with the online community; and
an incentive management facility communicatively coupled to at least one of the online community hosting facility and the media delivery facility and configured to provide an incentive to the group of the members for participation in the peer-to-peer media streaming event.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of forming a silicon-and-oxygen-containing layer on a substrate, the method comprising the sequential steps of:
depositing a silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer on the substrate;
ozone curing the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer at an ozone curing temperature in an ozone-containing atmosphere to convert the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer into the silicon-and-oxygen-containing layer; and
amine curing the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer at an amine curing temperature in an atmosphere comprising an amine-containing precursor and water to form the silicon-and-oxygen-containing layer.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer is a carbon-free silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer is formed by:
flowing a nitrogen-andor-hydrogen-containing precursor into a plasma region to produce a radical-nitrogen-andor-hydrogen precursor;
combining a silicon-containing precursor with the radical-nitrogen-andor-hydrogen precursor in a plasma-free substrate processing region; and
depositing the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer on the substrate.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the silicon-containing precursor is a carbon-free silicon-containing precursor.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the nitrogen-andor-hydrogen-containing precursor comprises at least one of N2H2, NH3, N2 and H2.
6. The method of claim 3 wherein the silicon-containing precursor comprises a silicon-and-nitrogen-containing precursor.
7. The method of claim 3 wherein the silicon-containing precursor comprises N(SiH3)3.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the ozone curing temperature is less than 250\xb0 C.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the amine curing temperature is less than 150\xb0 C.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the amine curing step occurs in a plasma-free substrate processing region.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the ozone-containing atmosphere further comprises steam while the substrate is at the ozone curing temperature.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the amine curing temperature is less than or about the ozone curing temperature.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein a duration of the ozone curing step exceeds about 20 seconds.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein a duration of the amine curing step exceeds about 20 seconds.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the silicon-nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing layer comprises Si\u2014N and Si\u2014H bonds.
16. The method of claim 1 further comprising raising a temperature of the substrate to a dry anneal temperature above or about 500\xb0 C. after the amine curing step.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate is patterned and has a trench having a width of about 32 nm or less.
18. The method of claim 1 wherein the amine-containing precursor comprises ammonia.