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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Thomas Zeng, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Foster, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Severa, Pasadena, CA (US);
Cheuk Chan, La Jolla, CA (US);
P. Greg Sherwood, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
David Kosiba, Jamul, CA (US);
Thomas Zeng, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Foster, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Severa, Pasadena, CA (US);
Cheuk Chan, La Jolla, CA (US);
P. Greg Sherwood, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
David Kosiba, Jamul, CA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A scheme for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node. A message is provided to the network node by a client application executing on a digital multimedia device, wherein the message includes a multidimensional pointer to a depository of digital multimedia content associated with the network node as well as a timing parameter operable to indicate when the message is to take effect. The multidimensional pointer contains a relative time offset variable as well as a plurality of media identifier dimensions corresponding to a plurality of nested hierarchical levels into which the digital multimedia content is organized. Responsive to the message, content from a particular content source identified by the multidimensional pointer is streamed to the digital multimedia device at a time indicated responsive to the timing parameter.