Digital content distribution
US8135949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/60
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method comprising distributing digital data encoding content and arranged into messages from a server to one or more client terminals through a network, each message being decodable by a decoder application on a client terminal, said method including transmitting a plurality of data packets from the server through a network through a network interface of the server, each packet including at least one header and a payload, each payload including at least part of a message, and providing each message to a first of a series of at least one service interface between two layers in a protocol stack, installed on the server, each service interface configured to add at least one packet header to the packet encoding information enabling the client to process the remainder of the packet.
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