Patent ID: 7389356
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: packetizing content information including video objects, to generate a media stream of a session wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of packets associated with a first video object and a plurality of packets associated with a second video object, and wherein: wherein packetizing the content information comprises: using a marker mapping mechanism comprising an internet protocol (IP) stack to differentiate the packets associated with the first video object from the packets associated with the second video object within the media stream, wherein the IP stack comprises: generating resource coordination information based at least in part on: based on the resource coordination information, selectively associating each packet of the media stream with a service class selected from among at least two different service classes; selectively outputting at least one packet of the media stream based on a priority associated with the service class associated with the at least one packet such that the available bandwidth is allocated in accordance with the priority associated with the service class; and providing the at least one packet of the media stream to the network.