Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined broadcast and unicast delivery
- Patent Title (中): 组合广播和单播传送
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Application No.: US13535870Application Date: 2012-06-28
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Publication No.: US08949451B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Torbjorn Einarsson , J. Fritz Barnes
- Applicant: Torbjorn Einarsson , J. Fritz Barnes
- Applicant Address: US CA Emeryville
- Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Emeryville
- Agency: Kwan & Olynick LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
Described herein are techniques for facilitating combined broadcast and unicast delivery of content. According to various embodiments, a media stream from a content provider may be received at a unicast server and at a broadcast server. The media stream may comprise a plurality of media stream fragments. A relative delay may be introduced into the media stream at the broadcast server such that media stream fragments transmitted from the broadcast server are delayed relative to media stream fragments transmitted from the unicast server. The media stream fragments may be transmitted to a user device. The user device may be operable to switch between receiving the media stream fragments from the unicast server and the broadcast server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130290555A1 COMBINED BROADCAST AND UNICAST DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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