Patent ID: 9178743
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: buffering a plurality of video streams within a plurality of buffers of a video server, wherein the video streams correspond to channels; generating, via a buffer of the plurality of buffers, a unicast video output for a particular channel and a multicast video output for the particular channel; receiving a request for the particular channel of the channels at the video server from a set top box; joining the set top box to a multicast group associated with the particular channel; sending the unicast video output for the particular channel from the video server to the set top box via a plurality of data packets until a determination by the video server indicates that the set top box joined the multicast group; and sending the multicast video output for the particular channel to the set top box when the determination by the video server indicates that the set top box joined the multicast group.