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Delivery of streams to repair errored media streams in periods of insufficient resources

US8154988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2007
Grant dateApr 10, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/658
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes ingesting a program stream from a program source on a first channel. The method also includes storing the program stream, and receiving notification from a client of unrecoverable error in a stream received at the client. The unrecoverable error corresponds to at least a portion of the stored program stream. The method also includes distributing the corresponding portion of the stored program stream to the client on a second channel in response to the notification.

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