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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Jinyang Xie, Shanghai, CN;

Robbie Ling, Shanghai, CN;

Yanming Xia, Beijing, CN;

Michael Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Jinyang Xie, Shanghai, CN;

Robbie Ling, Shanghai, CN;

Yanming Xia, Beijing, CN;

Michael Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6156 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is presented a method, executed in a media receiver connected to a media server in parallel via an internet protocol, IP, network and a cable television network. The method comprises the steps of: sending a media setup message to a middleware server, the media setup message comprising a content identifier, IP routing data and cable television routing data; receiving a setup confirmation message from the middleware server, the setup confirmation message comprising a transport indicator indicating which one of the IP network and the cable television network is to be used for media streaming from the media server to the media receiver; and receiving a media stream from the media server using either the IP network or the cable television network, as indicated by the transport indicator. Corresponding media receiver, middleware server, computer programs and computer program products are also presented.


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