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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Kadangode Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Edison, NJ (US);
Samrat Bhattacharjee, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Kadangode Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Edison, NJ (US);
Samrat Bhattacharjee, Silver Spring, MD (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of receiving content includes joining an in-progress multicast stream to receive a first portion of a content. The method further includes sending a request to a peer for a catch-up portion of the content, the request including a deadline for delivery of the content, and receiving the catch-up portion of the content from the peer prior to the deadline.