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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg, SE;
Peter Isberg, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/608 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A streaming client () receives or sends information on a type of node of a node () for assisting streaming of data. Based on the information on the type of node, the streaming client selects the node to assist in streaming of data to the streaming client (). The information on the type of node may be conveyed in a message transmitted from the streaming client () or in a message to the streaming client ().