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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Shai Benjamim, Mevaseret Zion, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Modi Finkelstein, Ramat Aviv, IL;
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
Shai Benjamim, Mevaseret Zion, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Modi Finkelstein, Ramat Aviv, IL;
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
ARRIS Solutions, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A scheme for providing programs to multiple end user devices. Two types of media streams that convey a first group of programs are provided to multiple end user devices via an edge device. The two types of programs include a unicast media stream and a multicast media stream. When a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the first group of programs is received, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device is selectively switched, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device.