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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Nery Strasman, Ramat Gan, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
Amit Eshet, Kiryat-Tivon, IL;
Omri Tal, Tel Aviv, IL;
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Nery Strasman, Ramat Gan, IL;
John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Asi Elad, Neve Monoson, IL;
Amit Eshet, Kiryat-Tivon, IL;
Omri Tal, Tel Aviv, IL;
Gilat Avieli, Jerusalem, IL;
ARRIS Solutions, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and a computer-readable medium having a computer-readable code embodied therein for providing content to a user, the method includes: generating, by a media provider, an instruction to fulfill a preliminary condition for receiving a second media conveying stream; transmitting the instruction to the user while also sending a first multicast media conveying stream; waiting for a preliminary condition fulfillment time period to lapse from an end of the transmitting of the instruction; and transmitting, by the media provider, the second media conveying stream towards the user, wherein the transmitting is initiated without being aware of an exact timing of a fulfillment of the preliminary condition.