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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Eric Gautier, Rennes, FR;
Willem Lubbers, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
François Gerard, Beignon, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 1/1809 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for downloading content using a combination of push and pull modes. In a communication system comprising a first terminal, at least a second terminal, and a content server, the invention concerns a method for downloading content comprising, at the level of the first terminal, the steps of downloading content either in a pull mode from the content server or at least the second terminal or in a push mode from the content server; and seamlessly switching between the modes for continuing downloading of the content.