Patent ID: 11909796
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device capable of processing real-time-streaming-protocol (RTSP) packets in a network for providing enhanced video-on-demand (VOD) services, the electronic device comprising:
a user interface;
a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions including an application layer gateway (ALG) module and network service software; and
a hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to:
store a list of mac-bridge clients in the non-transitory memory, the list including a Media Access Control (MAC) address and a MAC mask corresponding to each mac-bridge client;
receive a RTSP packet including a source and a destination MAC address;
determine whether at least one of the source and destination MAC address is on the list;
when at least one of the source and destination MAC address is on the list, process the received RTSP packet using the network service software and receive a next RTSP packet; and
when at least one of the source and destination MAC address is not on the list, process the received RTSP packet using the ALG module.