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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Qian Zhang, Hubei, CN;
Wenwu Zhu, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ya-qin Zhang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Fan Yang, Jiang Su, CN;
Qian Zhang, Hubei, CN;
Wenwu Zhu, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ya-Qin Zhang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Fan Yang, Jiang Su, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for content (e.g., streaming media) is presented comprising a server, to provide media content on request through a wireline network, coupled to a wireless host through a network gateway. The network gateway establishes a communication channel from the server to the wireless host through both a wireline network and a wireless network, wherein the communication channel includes a transport layer protocol with control parameters for network elements of each of the wireline network and the wireless network. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.