Method and system for multicast delivery of multimedia content on demand
US8880719B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6405
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server in connection with a plurality of multimedia sources that has a plurality of clients. The server determines if at least one of the clients is requesting to receive at least one of the sources. The server then multicasts these requested sources to the requesting clients, respectively. If none of the clients is requesting a particular source, the server does not multicast that particular source. If all of the clients cease requesting a particular source that the server is currently multicasting, the server terminates the multicast of that particular source.
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