Mediating content delivery via one or more services

US9674251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Jun Wang · Village of La Jolla, US
• Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos · Carlsbad, US
• Charles Nung Lo · San Diego, US
• Nagaraju Naik · San Diego, US
• Thomas Stockhammer · Bergen, DE
• Gordon Kent Walker · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/40
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device for receiving streaming data includes a broadcast or multicast middleware unit configured to receive the streaming data via a second service and a proxy unit configured to be disposed between the middleware unit and a client application, the proxy unit further configured to receive an indication of whether the streaming data is to be received via a first service or the second service, when the indication indicates that the streaming data is to be received via the first service: disable the middleware unit; and receive the streaming data via the first service, and when the indication indicates that the streaming data is to be received via the second service: activate the middleware unit to receive the streaming data via the second service, wherein the second service comprises at least one of a broadcast service or a multicast service; and receive the streaming data from the middleware unit.