Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distributed architecture for mobile streaming content delivery
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Application No.: US15918855Application Date: 2018-03-12
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Publication No.: US10750246B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Douglas A. Duet , Melvin D. Frerking , Yuang Lou
- 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: Akerman LLP
- Agent Michael K. Dixon; Mammen (Roy) P. Zachariah, Jr.
- Main IPC: H04N21/61
- IPC: H04N21/61 ; H04N21/2343 ; H04N21/239

Abstract:
A system for providing a distributed architecture for mobile streaming content delivery is disclosed. In particular, the system may include bypassing a master head end facility and its accompanying fiber distribution network to deliver a content stream directly to mobile cell sites. In order to do so, the system may receive, at a cell cite, a content stream directly from a content satellite and then format the content into a format suitable for delivery to a subscriber device. The system may receive, such as via a radio access network, a request from the subscriber device to access the content stream. In response to the request from the subscriber device, the system may deliver the formatted content stream to the subscriber device. The distributed architecture may also allow for delivering the content stream jointly with voice data services, such as those provided in a Long-Term Evolution network or other network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180206003A1 DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE STREAMING CONTENT DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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