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Method and device for sharing bandwidth of a communication network

US8510458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 2007
Grant dateAug 13, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/2662
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method of sending at least one item of information relative to a multimedia data stream in a communication network is characterized in that it comprises the following steps carried out on a server device capable of sending the multimedia data stream over the network: obtaining at least one item of information relative to the data stream, said at least one item of information comprising an item of information on a visual quality of the multimedia data stream and an item of information on the bandwidth necessary for sending the stream with that visual quality, and sending said at least one obtained item of information over the communication network to a client device.

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