Patent ID: 8694631

Claim:
A method for streaming a media file to an end-user using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), the method comprising: monitoring, at a network node, a HTTP message received over a bearer for detecting a streaming of the media file using HTTP; determining, by the network node, bearer parameters required for streaming said media file using HTTP; determining, by the network node, whether a bearer meeting an appropriate service quality is necessary for streaming said media file based on the determined bearer parameters; and when the bearer meeting the appropriate service quality is necessary for streaming said media file based on the determined bearer parameters, triggering, by the network node, a provision of the bearer meeting said appropriate service quality for the requested media file, wherein the network node calculates bearer parameters for streaming said media file before it triggers the provision of the bearer meeting said appropriate service quality; wherein the bearer parameters are calculated using a content length indication contained in a header of said HTTP message, and wherein the provision of said bearer with said appropriate service quality is triggered when the content length indication indicates that a predetermined delivery duration threshold is exceeded.