Patent ID: 9538234
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for a media aggregating node of time-shifting a live media stream playing on a local-network UE, the playing initiated by an external network-connected UE located outside the local network and communicating with the media aggregating node, the local network further comprising a media muxer node and a virtual control node connected to the media aggregating node, the media muxer node further connected to a media streaming server for providing a media stream to the local-network UE, as well as to a local network-storage wherein a user is logged-in to the external network-connected UE and to the virtual control node, the method comprising the following steps, performed by the media aggregating node: receiving login information of the user from the virtual control node; receiving the login information of the user from the external network-connected UE; verifying that the user has logged into the virtual control node based on the login information received from the virtual control node and the login information received from the external network-connected UE; receiving a pause command from the external network-connected UE for the live media stream, and forwarding a command to the local-network UE, via the virtual control node, to pause the playing of the live media stream received from the media muxer node, wherein the media muxer node stores the live media stream in an available local network-storage, and wherein the media aggregating node is external to the local network; and receiving a resume play command from the external network-connected UE for the live media stream, and forwarding a command to the local network UE, via the virtual control node, to resume the playing of the media stream received from the media muxer node, wherein the media muxer node provides the time-shifted media stream stored in the local network-storage to the local-network UE.