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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Yan Xu, Beijing, CN;
Lin Du, Bejing, CN;
Jianping Song, Beijing, CN;
THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
It is provided a method for delivering a 3D content comprising a 2D part and a metadata part which are divided into equal number of segments and are transmitted in two multicast streams, the method comprising the steps of receiving a request for the 3D content with a starting time point corresponding to a starting segment of the 2D part and a starting segment of the metadata part; and scheduling the transmission of at least one segment of the 2D part including the starting segment of the 2D part in a first multicast stream and the transmission of at least one segment of the metadata part including the starting segment of the metadata part in a second multicast stream, wherein, the transmission of the starting segment of the 2D part and the transmission of the starting segment of the metadata part are synchronized.