Patent ID: 9185151
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device for retransmitting a received IP media stream broadcast, said device comprising: a communication module adapted to receive from a media presentation appliance a request for a given IP media stream; and a stream generator adapted to convert, in response to the request from the media presentation appliance, one single appliance specific version of the requested media stream from multicast to unicast, and to retransmit with a delay the converted unicast, appliance specific, version of the requested media stream to the media presentation appliance, wherein a delay time for the delayed version of the requested media stream is determined to reduce zap-time associated with presenting the requested IP media stream at the media presentation appliance at least partly based on a timing parameter of the request received from the media presentation appliance, and wherein content in the unicast appliance specific version of the requested media stream is substantially identical to content in the multicast appliance specific version of the requested media stream the device further comprising: