Method for downloading content according to communication parameters, and associated content receiver
US9681175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for downloading multimedia contents is disclosed. The multimedia contents exists in at least two versions. Each of the versions corresponds to a different required transmission bit rate and each of the versions is temporally divided into chunks corresponding to a determined duration, one chunk being identified by an item of information representative of a temporal position i and by an item of information representative of a version j. A content receiver implementing this method is also described.
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