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Service gateway for interactive television

US7961743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2007
Grant dateJun 14, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service gateway provides a proxy between a client protocol and a plurality of standard communication protocols. The service gateway provides asymmetrical routing, data compression and encryption to optimize client processing power and communication link bandwidth. The service gateway enables content translation between clients and service providers. The service gateway keeps track of client available memory and sequence numbers in messages to generate error codes when applicable. A store and forward message capability is provided along with abstract session identifiers. The service gateway supports user datagram protocol.

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