Patent ID: 8949451
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a media stream from a content provider at a unicast server and at a broadcast server, the media stream comprising a plurality of media stream fragments; introducing a transport-type streaming delay into the media stream at the broadcast server, wherein media stream fragments transmitted from the broadcast server are delayed relative to media stream fragments transmitted from the unicast server, the media stream including a first fragment transmitted from the broadcast server after it is transmitted from the unicast server; wherein the unicast server is operable to store the media stream fragments received from the content provider, and wherein the unicast server is further operable to provide the stored media stream fragments to the user device upon request; wherein the transport-type streaming delay corresponds to a designated number of the media stream fragments transmitted via unicast and broadcast; and transmitting the media stream fragments to a user device, wherein the user device is operable to switch between receiving the media stream fragments from the unicast server and the broadcast server without interrupting a presentation of the media stream on the user device.