Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Peer-to-peer streaming of media content
- Patent Title (中): 媒体内容的点对点流媒体
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Application No.: US11777534Application Date: 2007-07-13
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Publication No.: US08316146B2Publication Date: 2012-11-20
- Inventor: Andreas Ehn , Magnus Hult , Fredrik Niemelä , Ludvig Strigeus , Gunnar Kreitz
- Applicant: Andreas Ehn , Magnus Hult , Fredrik Niemelä , Ludvig Strigeus , Gunnar Kreitz
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Spotify AB
- Current Assignee: Spotify AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
- Agent W. Kevin Ransom
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
The invention relates to peer-to-peer streaming of media in a network for distribution of data. A handover function is configured to hand over the distribution of sub-streams to a client back and forth between two peers or between a peer and the central server, if at least one predefined condition is fulfilled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090019174A1 Peer-to-Peer Streaming of Media Content Public/Granted day:2009-01-15
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