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US 2007/0169142 A1Published application
Using a presence status in a media-on-demand system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronic, N.V.
InventorsArjan Claassen, David Simons
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronic, N.V.
InventorsArjan Claassen, David Simons
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The present invention relates to a method for a media-on-demand server of handling streaming of media based on media requests received from user operated clients, wherein said server receives media requests from a user operated client and streams said media to said user operated client, wherein the handling of streaming comprises using a presence service adapted for determining the presence status of said user operating said client and only streaming user requested media if said user has a predefined presence status. Thereby it is possible at the server to check the presence status of the user before streaming media requested by the user, and it can e.g. be avoided that a user not being present at the client receives the stream of media, without being able to enjoy the requested media
A method for a media-on-demand server of handling streaming of media based on at least one media request received from at least one user operated client, wherein said server receives at least one media request from a particular user operated client and streams media to said user operated client, wherein the handling of streaming comprises using a presence service adapted for determining a presence status of a user operating said client and only streaming user-requested media if said user has a predefined presence status.
A media-on-demand server for handling streaming of media based on at least one media request received from at least one user operated client, wherein said server comprises:
A user operated client to be used for requesting media to be streamed by a media-on-demand server, wherein said client comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.