Patent ID: 8850501
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of ordering the delivery of a media stream to a second client terminal coupled to an IP network, the method comprising: identifying, at a first client terminal, destination address information for the second client terminal, wherein the destination address information includes an IP address and port number of the second client terminal and an IP address and port number of a Residential Gateway through which the second client terminal is coupled to the IP network; authenticating the first client terminal to an application server of an IP Multimedia Subsystem network, wherein the authentication of the first client terminal to the application server includes authorizing the second client terminal to the application server; sending the destination address information from the first client terminal to the application server; delivering the media stream to the second client terminal; wherein a RTSP Uniform Resource Locator of the application server is sent to the first client terminal; and wherein the RTSP Uniform Resource Locator of the application server is passed from the first client terminal to the second client terminal.