Abstract:
A method of retrieving a file, the method including: receiving a portion of a content transmitted in accordance with a multicast protocol via a file delivery service, wherein the content includes data fragments forming a file; receiving a file delivery table (FDT) from the file delivery service; reading in the file delivery table location attributes indicating locations of the data fragments in the file; and determining from the location attributes locations of non-corrupted data fragments in the content portion.
Abstract:
A method for playing back an item of multimedia content by user devices, the method including steps of: receiving segments of an item of multimedia content by a server, storing the received segments in a buffer memory, transmitting a segment request from a multimedia player of a user device to the server, and transmitting, in response, a requested segment from the server to the multimedia player, if the segment is present in the buffer memory, transmitting a request for synchronization data from the multimedia player to the server, and transmitting, in response to the request, synchronization data from the server to the multimedia player, the data including an identifier of a last segment received, and a datum defining the time of receipt of the last segment by the user's device.