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Method of processing an error during the rendering of a digital content

US11997369B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2023
Grant dateMay 28, 2024
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4424
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for processing an error during restitution of digital content during a multimedia session on a terminal. The session offers a plurality of representations of the digital content which are described in a medium carrying information describing the multimedia session and transmitted independently of the representation data. The method includes, following the obtaining of the description-carrying medium, acts of obtaining, for at least one representation indicated in the description information-carrying medium, at least one item of information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on a server; of comparing the information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on the server with at least one predetermined value; of selecting a fallback representation as a function of the result of the comparison, and upon detecting a restitution error, of toggling to the fallback representation selected.

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