Patent ID: 7788384
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for setting up and reconfiguring a multimedia system dynamically to transport and process streams of multimedia data comprising the steps of: creating transmitting media elements in source media nodes and receiving media elements in destination media nodes; creating a first set of pairs of the transmitting media elements and the receiving media elements; providing a stream of the multimedia data to at least one pair of the first set of pairs including the steps of: adding a second set of pairs without affecting the first set of pairs; reconfiguring the multimedia system to provide the stream to at least one pair of the second set of pairs; creating a third set of pairs including transmitting media elements from the first set of pairs and receiving media elements from the second set of pairs or including receiving media elements from the first set of pairs and transmitting media elements from the second set of pairs; and reconfiguring the multimedia system to provide the stream to at least one pair of the third set of pairs.