Patent ID: 8230044
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a unicast-based media session involving a user terminal and a media server providing multiple media channels, each media channel carrying a respective media content, said method comprising the steps of: said user terminal transmitting, to said media server, a generic, channel-transparent session request comprising no channel-specific identifiers; said user terminal performing, with said media server and based on said session request, a generic, channel-transparent media session setup procedure; and said user terminal transmitting, to said media server, a channel-specific rendering request in the form of a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) PLAY request for a first media content of a first media channel of said multiple media channels once said generic, channel-transparent media session setup procedure has been completed, wherein said RTSP PLAY request comprises a unique media content resource identifier associated with said first media content.