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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Ran Oz, Modi'in, IL;
Shai Benjamin, Mevaseret Zion, IL;
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Nery Strasman, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Amir Leventer, Kfar Saba, IL;
Mordechai Finkelstein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ran Oz, Modi'in, IL;
Shai Benjamin, Mevaseret Zion, IL;
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Nery Strasman, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Amir Leventer, Kfar Saba, IL;
Mordechai Finkelstein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
BigBand Networks Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A device and a method for providing programs to multiple end user devices. The method includes: providing to multiple end user devices, via an edge device, at least one type of media stream out of unicast media stream and a multicast media stream; wherein the at least one type of media stream convey a group of programs; receiving a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the group of programs; and selectively switching, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device.