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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Stephane Gouache, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Yvon Legallais, Rennes, FR;
Philippe Gilberton, Geveze, FR;
THOMSON Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
The invention discloses a method for reception of an audio-visual program transmitted via portions over a network, the method using a real-time transport protocol and a real-time control protocol between a server and a receiver, the audio-visual program being available on the server in a plurality of versions corresponding to the program coded in different resolutions and enabling its transmission at different bitrates according to requests of the receiver. The method comprising a regular measurement of the bandwidth of the network by the receiver in order to adjust the transmission bitrate according to the state of the network.