Coax server acting as proxy between coax transmission infrastructure and internet protocol (IP) transmission infrastructure for media content

A method of acting as a proxy between a coax transmission infrastructure and an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission infrastructure, the method comprising:

• receiving an incoming request from a particular one of a plurality of coax client devices coupled to the coax transmission infrastructure utilizing an IP-over-coax modulation scheme, the incoming request being a request for content from the particular one of the coax client devices via a first real time streaming protocol (RTSP) connection established between a RTSP proxy of the coax server and a RTSP client of the particular one of the coax client devices over the coax transmission infrastructure utilizing the IP-over-coax modulation scheme;
• establishing a second RTSP connection between the RTSP proxy of the coax server and a media source via the IP transmission infrastructure;
• receiving a media stream being a stream corresponding to the content over the IP transmission infrastructure from the media source coupled to the IP transmission infrastructure;
• allocating a coax channel of sufficient bandwidth on the coax transmission infrastructure and transmitting the media stream on the coax channel utilizing a radio frequency (RF) modulation scheme;
• sending to the particular one of the coax client devices a pointer over the coax transmission infrastructure utilizing the IP-over-coax modulation scheme, the pointer indicating the coax channel on which the media stream is being transmitted by the coax server utilizing the RF modulation scheme;
• and
• providing a real time streaming protocol (RTSP) proxy configured to communicate with a RTSP client in the particular one of the coax client devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform steps comprising:

• receiving an incoming request from a particular one of a plurality of coax client devices coupled to a coax transmission infrastructure utilizing an IP-over-coax modulation scheme, the incoming request being a request for content from the particular one of the coax client devices via a first real time streaming protocol (RTSP) connection established between a RTSP proxy of the coax server and a RTSP client of the particular one of the coax client devices over the coax transmission infrastructure utilizing the IP-over-coax modulation scheme;
• establishing a second RTSP connection between the RTSP proxy of the coax server and a media source via the IP transmission infrastructure;
• receiving a media stream being a stream corresponding to the content over an IP transmission infrastructure from the media source coupled to the IP transmission infrastructure;
• allocating a coax channel of sufficient bandwidth on the coax transmission infrastructure and transmitting the media stream on the coax channel utilizing a radio frequency (RF) modulation scheme;
• sending to the particular one of the coax client devices a pointer over the coax transmission infrastructure utilizing the IP-over-coax modulation scheme, the pointer indicating the coax channel on which the media stream is being transmitted by the coax server utilizing the RF modulation scheme;
• and
• providing a real time streaming protocol (RTSP) proxy configured to communicate with a RTSP client in the particular one of the coax client devices.