Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for facilitating transition from broadcast to unicast
- Patent Title (中): 促进从广播到单播过渡的方法和系统
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Application No.: US14465277Application Date: 2014-08-21
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Publication No.: US09338715B1Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
- Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
- Applicant Address: US KS Overland Park
- Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
- Current Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Overland Park
- Main IPC: H04W36/18
- IPC: H04W36/18 ; H04W76/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W88/16

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and system to help facilitate transition from broadcast to unicast. A broadcast server provides a copy of session content to a unicast gateway, and a content-synchronizer keeps track of which UEs are broadcast recipients and what the progress of the broadcast is over time. In response to unicast attachment of a UE with the unicast gateway, as when the UE moves from broadcast coverage to unicast coverage, the unicast server determines based on information from the content synchronizer (i) that the UE is a broadcast recipient and (ii) the progress of the broadcast so far. The unicast gateway then begins transmitting to the UE the media content received from the broadcast server, starting at a point in the media content based on the determined progress. This process may thereby help to facilitate a seamless transition from broadcast to unicast, with at most a brief interruption.
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