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Discovery information for IP multicast

US7934009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2002
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2024

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

Abstract

A method for broadcasting over an IP multicast network an offer of multimedia services received in form of a bundle of transport streams, comprises attributing for each offer (offer 1, offer 2) a determined service provider offer localization (LN0,1, LN0,2) of the IP multicast network, and creating a file of offer information (701) describing for each offer a relation to it attributed service provider offer localization. For each offer transport stream information is extracted from its bundle, the transport stream information comprising a transport stream identification (TS1,1 ? TS1,4, TS2,1 TS2,3) for each transport stream. For each transport stream identification is attributed a determined stream localization (LN1,1 LN1,4, LN2,1 LN2,3) within the IP multicast network. For each offer is created a file of stream information (702, 703) describing for each transport stream a relation to its attributed stream localization.

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