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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2012
Applicant:

Broadpeak, Rennes, FR;

Inventors:

Jeremy Desmauts, Rennes, FR;

Jacques Le Mancq, Rennes, FR;

Jean-François Martin, Rennes, FR;

Assignee:

BROADPEAK, Rennes, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04L 65/103 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/605 (2013.01); H04N 21/64761 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gateway connects a first communication network comprising at least one terminal intended to consume multimedia contents and a second communication network via which the gateway is intended to receive the multimedia contents in a stream form. The gateway detects () a use of a unicast connection intended for transmitting a multimedia content from an original server to a terminal of said network via the gateway; seeks () a connection redirection rule according to information exchanged by the original server and the terminal; establishes () a multicast connection in order to receive the multimedia content; receives () the multimedia content in the form of a stream according to the multicast connection; and transmits () to the terminal the multimedia content in the form of a stream according to the unicast connection.


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