Patent ID: 7349984
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G08G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A device for generating or maintaining a data network, said device at a first node in the network and comprising: a data processing unit; at least one data connection to said data network, and software having: wherein said software, when running on said device at said first node, allows said device at said first node to receive and transmit streaming media and: transmit at least said first request for said one or more data packages to at least one other device at the second node; receive at least one of said one or more data packages transmitted by said at least one other device at said second node in reply to said first request, said other device thus becoming a transmitting device at the second node; after transmitting said first request, receive at least said second request from at least one further device at said third node for at least a portion of said one or more data packages; in reply to said second request, transmit at least one data package of said one or more data packages previously received from said second node to said at least one further device at said third node, while at least one data package of said streaming media is being transmitted from the second node to the first node, said further device thus becoming a receiving device at said third node, and wherein the first, second and third nodes are part of said data network.