Invention Grant
US09544630B2 Method and IPTV server for enabling playout of one or more media objects
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方法和IPTV服务器,用于实现一个或多个媒体对象的播放
- Patent Title: Method and IPTV server for enabling playout of one or more media objects
- Patent Title (中): 方法和IPTV服务器,用于实现一个或多个媒体对象的播放
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Application No.: US14370504Application Date: 2012-01-24
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Publication No.: US09544630B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Niklas Fondberg , Mats Cedervall
- Applicant: Niklas Fondberg , Mats Cedervall
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/SE2012/050061 WO 20120124
- International Announcement: WO2013/112081 WO 20130801
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173 ; H04N21/2668 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/24 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/6543 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/858 ; H04N21/231 ; H04N21/2387 ; H04N21/239

Abstract:
A method and an IPTV server (302) for enabling playout of one or more media objects for a subscriber. A current connection state and capabilities are maintained in the IPTV server for a set of devices (304, 304a) associated to the subscriber. The IPTV server further sends (3:3) a list of the devices to a first device (300), comprising current connection states of the devices. When the IPTV server receives from the first device a first indication (3:4) indicating a wanted media object and a second indication (3:5) indicating a selected second device (304), the IPTV server sends (3:6) a download instruction with a media reference to the selected second device. The download instruction instructs the second device to download and prebuffer (3:7) data of at least an opening part of the wanted media object based on the media reference. Thereby, a user can start playout of the wanted media object on the second device immediately without having to wait for session setup and downloading of enough data for playout.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150026746A1 Method and IPTV Server for Enabling Playout of One or More Media Objects Public/Granted day:2015-01-22
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