Patent ID: 9300709
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of streaming of a same one-to-many digital content stream at a same time to at least two receivers, wherein the method comprises one-to-many streaming of said same one-to-many digital content stream and receiving, from said at least two receivers, of trick mode commands related to said streaming of a same one-to-many digital content stream to said at least two receivers, said method being implemented by a digital content trick mode controller, said method comprising: sending of a common time reference to all of said at least two receivers; reception, from one of said at least two receivers, of a trick mode command message related to said same one-to-many digital content stream for streaming at a same time to said at least two receivers, said received trick mode command message including at least one of stop, pause, fast reverse and fast forward and said received trick mode command message comprising information allowing identification of a point in said same one-to-many digital content stream to which said received trick mode command message applies; sending, to all of said at least two receivers, of notification messages notifying them of said received trick mode command message related to said same one-to-many digital content stream for streaming at a same time to said at least two receivers, said notification messages comprising information allowing identification of a point in said same one-to-many digital content stream to which said received trick mode command message applies and controlling synchronous rendering of said same one-to-many content stream by said at least two receivers; streaming of at least part of said same one-to-many digital content stream at a same time to all of said at least two receivers in accordance with the received trick mode command message providing synchronous rendering of said same one-to-many content stream by said at least two receivers; said same one-to-many digital content stream comprising information allowing identification of said points in said same one-to-many digital content stream.