Patent ID: 7970020
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A terminal which receives transmissions in a form of a media stream, the terminal comprising: a memory comprising jitter buffer which receives data comprising the media stream; a computer-implemented buffer manager configured to make a selection between plural playback pointers as an operative playback pointer from which the data comprising the media stream is played out of the jitter buffer; wherein the media stream is acquired by the terminal at different times over channels of different channel type, and wherein the buffer manager is configured to make the selection between the plural playback pointers as the operative playback pointer based on the channel type of the channel which is carrying the media stream; wherein the terminal is a wireless terminal, and wherein the buffer manager is configured to use a first of the plural playback pointers for play out of the media stream when the media stream is acquired over a dedicated channel and uses a second of the plural playback pointers for play out of the media stream when the media stream is acquired over a common channel; wherein the buffer manager is configured to select between the first of the plural playback pointers and the second of the plural playback pointers by calculating a time since a last media transfer; and wherein the buffer manager is configured to use the first of the plural playback pointers if t