Patent · US Expired

Managing access to streams hosted on duplicating switches

US7430609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33References

23Claims

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Assignee

AOL LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company · US

Inventors

Scott K. Brown · Marietta, US
Thomas Pepper · Ramona, US
David L. Biderman · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2002
Grant date	Sep 30, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/64
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A source accessed by a terminal may be changed by enabling a terminal to access a stream of data units on a first duplicating switch, determining that the terminal should access the stream from a second duplicating switch, and transitioning the terminal to the second duplicating switch to access the stream.

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