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Transport layer network service for live content broadcasting

US11108840B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Shu Shi · Summit, US
Rittwik Jana · Montville, US
Hung-Hsiang Jonathan Chao · Lincroft, US
Yang Xu · Wenhe, CN
Bo Yan · Suzhou, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2017
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/163
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual processing system initiating a first streaming session with a content streaming server to receive content data, creating a first transport connection with a viewer streaming the content data in a second streaming session with the content streaming server by imitating a transport connection of the content streaming server with the viewer, creating a second transport connection with the content streaming server by imitating a transport connection of the viewer with the content streaming server, splitting the first streaming session between the content streaming server and the viewer, and streaming the content data to the viewer. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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