Method for operating a cache arranged along a transmission path between client terminals and at least one server, and corresponding cache
US10856015B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Cache (DANE) located along a transmission path between client terminals (CT) and at least one server (SE) and configured to receive requests from client terminals (CT) for segments of a multimedia content available at several representations, which comprises: —an interface of connection (1) for receiving, from a first client terminal, a first request for a preferred representation and at least one alternative representation of a given segment of said multimedia content; —a matching module (5) configured to determine if at least one ongoing representation of said given segment, already requested by the cache from a server for a further client terminal, matches the preferred representation or an alternative representation of the first request.
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