Patent ID: 7853979
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A procedure to transmit streaming video data to a terminal with a video client within a system that includes a network and the terminal, wherein the network includes a streaming server and an MMS-server, and the terminal includes an MMS-client, a streaming client, a streaming buffer to buffer streaming data, and a display unit to display the streaming video data, the procedure comprising: dividing the streaming video data into high prioritized data which are I-frames, and low prioritized data which are P-frames, wherein the high prioritized data are transmitted via a secure medium, and the low prioritized data are transmitted over a standard channel; displaying, after the transmission of the high and low prioritized data, the high and low prioritized data in a correct sequence continually in the terminal; and buffering a first time interval of the streaming video data, to display the first time interval on the display unit, and at a same time as the first time interval is being displayed on the display unit, new streaming data of the streaming video data are transmitted to the terminal, wherein the high prioritized data are transmitted via MMS and the low prioritized data are transmitted via streaming, and before a streaming service is initialized, an MMS notification message is initially transmitted to the terminal, the MMS notification message includes buffer data and information about the data flow, the buffer data being initial streaming video data that can be stored on the terminal prior to a user of the terminal starting a streaming service such that the streaming client can start streaming of buffer data without delay, and the MMS notification message which includes the buffer data being sent to the terminal prior to the user of the terminal requesting to start a streaming session for receiving the video data.