Patent ID: 7451475
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A broadband multimedia system, comprising: a broadband multimedia router communicatively connected to a data router and between a plurality of media sources and a plurality of network transmitters, and configured to encapsulate packets of video streams received from said media sources within addressable packets for switching between inputs and outputs of said broadband multimedia router; and a session manager, communicatively connected to said broad band multimedia router and configured to provide routing instructions to said broadband multimedia router for (i) directing said video streams received from said media sources to said network transmitters for transmitting over a broadband network and (ii) directing addressable data packets received from said data router to at least a selected one of said network transmitters for transmitting over said broadband network to a specific destination associated with address information included in said addressable data packets; wherein the session manager is further adapted to dynamically reallocate a channel of a newly selected network transmitter for directing addressable data packets to the specific destination so that a data session with the specific destination follows a video selection of a user.