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Secure and personalized broadcasting of audiovisual streams by a hybrid unicast/multicast system

US7643478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2004
Grant dateJan 5, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6405
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for secure distribution of digital audiovisual streams according to a standard, normalized or proprietary format including separating an original stream into two parts, transmitting the parts to addressee equipment, generating a modified main stream having a format of the original stream and complementary information with any format including digital information suitable to permit reconstruction of the original stream, and transmitting the modified stream from a distribution server via separate paths during distribution in an extended, secure multicasting mode to the addressee equipment from a secure central server passing via at least one router and at least one switch connecting the addressee equipment to the central server via at least one access point.

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