Apparatus and method for managing media distribution
US8904470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6338
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to maintain a delivery session with a set top box for streaming of media content thereto where the media content is multiple content from a plurality of media sources, maintain retrieval sessions for each of the plurality of media sources where the controller switches between the retrieval sessions to obtain the media content while maintaining the delivery session, and temporarily store the media content in a buffer for the streaming to the set top box using the delivery session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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