Methods and apparatuses for transferring data

Details Methods and apparatuses for transferring data Methods and apparatuses for transferring data

2006-02-28

2006-02-28

Harrell, Robert B. (Department: 2142)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Client/server

Reexamination Certificate

active

07007062

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. A request for RTP data is sent from the caching proxy server to the server. The request may be for one specific type of data or multiple unrelated types of data. The server responds to the request indicating its support for the requested data. The caching proxy server determines whether to proceed or terminate the data transmission process based on the response provided by the server. If it is determined to proceed with the data transmission process, the caching proxy informs the server to send the requested data. The server sends the requested data in a body of a RTP packet. The RTP packet uses a RTP Meta-Info payload format, which includes a body and a field header. The field header includes fields to identify the streaming media data, and the field body includes the requested streaming media data.

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