Patent ID: 7643490
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of switching content over a network, the method comprising: receiving at a sink device that consumes streaming content first content provided by a resource of a source device over a first Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection between the source device and the sink device; determining whether second content provided by the source device is provided by the resource of the source device; requesting the second content provided by the resource of the source device over a dummy TCP/IP connection between the source device and the sink device if it is determined that the first content and the second content are provided by the resource of the source device; and receiving at the sink device the second content provided by the resource of the source device over the dummy TCP/IP connection while receiving the second content provided by the resource of the source device over the first TCP/IP connection.