Patent ID: 8291103
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a customer-premises equipment (CPE) gateway, the method comprising: receiving, by the CPE gateway, a first internet group management protocol (IGMP) compliant command; wherein the CPE gateway differs from a multimedia end unit and is coupled to the multimedia end unit; wherein the first IGMP compliant command is aimed to a server that is capable of executing the first IGMP compliant command; generating by the CPE gateway, in response to the first IGMP compliant command, a unicast command that instructs a multimedia server to generate a unicast media stream; wherein the generating comprises concealing the first IGMP compliant command from at least one IGMP compliant entity that follows the CPE gateway; wherein the multimedia server differs from the server that is capable of executing the first IGMP compliant command; transmitting, by the CPE gateway, the unicast command to the at least one IGMP compliant entity; wherein the unicast command passes through the at least one IGMP compliant entity and reaches the multimedia server; receiving, by the CPE gateway, from the multimedia server a dedicated media stream that was generated by the multimedia server, wherein at least a portion of the content of the dedicated media stream is selected to match user identification information; and transmitting, by the CPE gateway, to the multimedia end unit a customized dedicated media stream that is responsive to the dedicated media stream; wherein the customized dedicated media stream is customized by the CPE gateway in response to multicast expected parameters expected by the multimedia end unit.