Method and apparatus for error messaging in a multimedia network
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsJean-Baptiste Henry, Francois-Xavier Seingier
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Abstract
In certain home multimedia networks having a plurality of terminals, there are no provisions for sending error messages when a service cannot be delivered owing to conflicts with another service. The present invention proposes to let the media server of the tuner in such a network provide an image bearing the message and deliver this image to the terminal that otherwise would be left in the dark.
Claims10
A method for delivering error information in a network comprising an apparatus and a first device, the method comprising, at the apparatus, the steps of:
- receiving from the first device a request for a first audiovisual service;
- and
- in case the first audiovisual service may not be delivered, delivering an item of audiovisual content to the first device, the item of audiovisual content being such that it, when rendered to a user, provides to the user error information about the non-delivery of the first service.
An apparatus adapted to be connected to a network further comprising a first device, the apparatus comprising:
- an interface adapted to receive from the first device a request for a first audiovisual service;
- and
- a processor adapted to, in case the first audiovisual service may not be delivered, deliver an item of audiovisual content to the first device, the item of audiovisual content being such that it, when rendered to a user, provides to the user error information about the non-delivery of the first audiovisual service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.