Patent ID: 8516529

Claim:
Network apparatus in communication with a node of a network, said node configured to provide content to a plurality of heterogeneous types of user devices, comprising: one or more first interfaces configured to receive a plurality of content; a second interface configured to provide content to one or more of said user devices via said node; a storage apparatus; and a digital processor configured to run at least one computer program thereon, said computer program comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed by said processor: responsive to a request for one or more content elements by a user device which is not of a first type, deliver said requested one or more content elements via a first transport stream protocol; and deliver said requested one or more content elements via a second transport stream protocol, wherein said first transport stream protocol is specific to a first of said heterogeneous types of user devices, and wherein said second transport stream protocol is agnostic to said plurality of types of user devices.