公开(公告)号：US10523409B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US14907766

申请日：2014-07-22

Applicant: EXPWAY

Inventor： David Lambert ,  Romain Lahore-Carrate ,  Jean Le Feuvre ,  Cédric Thienot

IPC: H04L7/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/06

Abstract: A method for playing back an item of multimedia content by user devices, the method including steps of: receiving segments of an item of multimedia content by a server, storing the received segments in a buffer memory, transmitting a segment request from a multimedia player of a user device to the server, and transmitting, in response, a requested segment from the server to the multimedia player, if the segment is present in the buffer memory, transmitting a request for synchronization data from the multimedia player to the server, and transmitting, in response to the request, synchronization data from the server to the multimedia player, the data including an identifier of a last segment received, and a datum defining the time of receipt of the last segment by the user's device.