- Patent Title: Distributing communication of a data stream among multiple devices
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Application No.: US15968452Application Date: 2018-05-01
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Publication No.: US10560503B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Christopher F. Baldwin , Bruce Barnes , Wayne R. Heinmiller , Patrick Kenny , Dolores J. Mallian
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L12/707 ; H04W88/02

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for distributing communication of a data stream among multiple devices are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include receiving a request from a first one of a plurality of devices to establish a shared connection to distribute communication of a first data stream among the plurality of devices. Such example methods also include establishing, in response to the request, respective data connections with the plurality of devices based on device capability information obtained from a system providing service for the plurality of devices. Such example methods further include splitting the first data stream into a plurality of partial data streams to be communicated to the plurality of devices via the respective data connections, the partial data streams, when aggregated, forming the first data stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180248923A1 DISTRIBUTING COMMUNICATION OF A DATA STREAM AMONG MULTIPLE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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