Patent ID: 8839065

Claim:
A system for low latency transport of media data over an IP network from a media source to a plurality of media destination devices, comprising: an internet protocol communication network; a media source device comprising a media transport source component and adapted to communicate with the communication network; and a plurality of media destination devices each comprising a media transport destination component and a media consuming component and adapted to communicate with the communication network; wherein the media transport source component sends media data in packets to a first media destination device using the communication network; wherein the first media destination device receives the packets, places them in a collection, and uses the packets in the collection to provide media data to the media consuming component; wherein the first media destination device detects a missing packet in the collection, computes a time delay for the missing packet, and uses the time delay to determine whether to ask the media source device to retransmit the missing packet; and further wherein the first media destination device sends a requests for the retransmission of the missing packet to the media source device.