Patent ID: 9559942
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for connecting to a media stream providing device, the method comprising: obtaining from a registrar server a piece of connection information associated with the media stream providing device, the connection information comprising a local network location, a public network location, a broker server location, and a proxy server location; commencing measuring via a media stream receiving device, at a point in time and based on the local network location, a first cost for connecting to the media stream providing device via a local path; commencing measuring via the media stream receiving device, at the point in time and based on the public network location, a second cost for connecting to the media stream providing device via a remote path; commencing measuring via the media stream receiving device, at the point in time and based on the broker server location, a third cost for connecting to the media stream providing device via a peer-to-peer path; commencing measuring via the media stream receiving device, at the point in time and based on the proxy server location, a fourth cost for connecting to the media stream providing device via a proxy-assisted path; and selecting via the media stream receiving device a path based on the first cost, the second cost, the third cost, and the fourth cost, in order to connect to the media stream providing device, the path being the local path, the remote path, the peer-to-peer path, or the proxy-assisted path.