Method and device for providing programs to multiple end user devices
US8627390B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6408
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scheme for providing programs to multiple end user devices. Two types of media streams that convey a first group of programs are provided to multiple end user devices via an edge device. The two types of programs include a unicast media stream and a multicast media stream. When a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the first group of programs is received, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device is selectively switched, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device.
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