Patent ID: 8412840
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a continuous live performance to a plurality of media clients via a data network for rendering to a respective user, the method comprising: acquiring the continuous live performance as a live stream of digital data; and on receiving a request from a given one of the media clients to transmit the live performance, commencing at a current point in said live stream of digital data, repackaging said stream of digital data into a media format compatible with the given media client and transmitting said repackaged digital data to the given media client via the data network; wherein said media format comprises a data file identified by the given media client as having a length so that it appears to the given media client that the media format is a non-streaming media format, wherein said length is indicated by one of either omitting a header field indicating length or indicating said length is greater than a length required to coincide with a duration of the live performance.