Patent ID: 8806052
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a first multicast command at a customer-premises equipment gateway from a separate multimedia end unit; wherein the first multicast command is directed to a multicast server that is capable of executing the first multicast command; generating by the customer-premises equipment gateway, in response to the first multicast command, a unicast command that instructs a multimedia server to generate a unicast media stream, the unicast command being substituted for the first multicast command received from the separate multimedia end unit; transmitting the unicast command from the customer-premises equipment gateway to the multimedia server, the unicast command reaching the multicast server and the multimedia server; receiving a dedicated media stream at the customer-premises equipment gateway that was generated by the multimedia server, wherein at least a portion of the content of the dedicated media stream is selected to match user identification information; and transmitting a customized dedicated media stream that is responsive to the dedicated media stream from the customer-premises equipment gateway to the multimedia end unit, the customized dedicated media stream being customized to include multicast parameters expected by the multimedia end unit.