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Method of distributing real time data streams across a multimedia network as well as a mediation device and a multimedia network therefore

US8180911B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Franz-Josef Banet · Leinfelden, DE
Markus Jenisch · Waiblingen, DE
Nina Köstering · Stuttgart, DE
Wolfgang Lautenschlager · Diez, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2004
Grant date	May 15, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/6408
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of distributing real time data streams across a multimedia network to receiving terminals, wherein a selected real time data streams is transmitted from a media server to a specific receiving terminals, wherein a mediation device is located between said media server and the receiving terminals, that a bi-directional communication with said media server is terminated at said media server for receiving data streams destined for the selected terminal and that said data streams are further forwarded to said selected terminal by means of a uni-directional communication protocol, and also a mediation device and a multimedia network therefore.

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