Patent ID: 9338488
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of media broadcasting over a communications network, comprising: monitoring network traffic flowing through a router and separating by the router a first channelized video content from the network traffic originated by a first content provider; establishing a first uni-casting session from the router to a first user equipment (“UE”) via a base station and transmitting the first channelized video content to the first UE; tracking by the router the first channelized video content and number of UEs receiving the first channelized video content and recording a uni-casting delivery for the first channelized video in a broadcast database; receiving a second request for the first channelized video content from a second UE via the base station; resetting a first session type associated with the first channelized video content from a uni-casting session to a multicasting session in response to the number of UEs stored in the broadcast database; establishing a first multicasting session capable of broadcasting the first channelized video content in accordance with the first session type in the broadcast database; and switching the first UE to receive the first channelized video content from the first uni-casting session to the first multicasting session.