Method and device for sharing bandwidth of a communication network
US8510458B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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