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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2005
Hariharan Ananthakrishnan, Choolaimedu, IN;
Kumar Thiagarajan, Chennai, IN;
Mahesh Vittal, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Suresh Pachiappan, Chennai, IN;
Hariharan Ananthakrishnan, Choolaimedu, IN;
Kumar Thiagarajan, Chennai, IN;
Mahesh Vittal, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Suresh Pachiappan, Chennai, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transparently transforming a multicast stream is provided. The method includes transforming the multicast stream in a content engine. The multicast stream has a first bandwidth. The content engine receives a request for the multicast stream from a multicast receiver with a second bandwidth availability. Thereafter, the content engine transforms the multicast stream to a multicast stream with a third bandwidth. The third bandwidth is less than or equal to the second bandwidth. The transformed multicast stream is sent to the multicast receiver.