Method and device for providing programs to multiple end...

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2006-12-28

2010-10-19

Duong, Frank (Department: 2474)

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Combining or distributing information via frequency channels

Reexamination Certificate

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07817672

ABSTRACT:
A device and a method for providing programs to multiple end user devices. The method includes: providing to multiple end user devices, via an edge device, at least one type of media stream out of unicast media stream and a multicast media stream; wherein the at least one type of media stream convey a group of programs; receiving a request from a first end user device to view a first program that belongs to the group of programs; and selectively switching, in response to bandwidth constraints imposed on a communication path coupled to the edge device, a type of a media stream that conveys the first program to a second end user device.

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patent: 6615039 (2003-09-01), Eldering
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patent: 2003/0018966 (2003-01-01), Cook et al.
patent: 2003/0149975 (2003-08-01), Eldering et al.

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