US 2017/0324988 A1Published application

Method and device for transmitting content

AssigneeThomson Licensing

InventorWei FAN

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Abstract

It provides a method for transmitting content, wherein at an intermediate device, e.g. the gateway, that connects a content server and at least two rendering devices, comprising steps of receiving a request for a content destined to the content server from a first rendering device; establishing a first connection between the first rendering device and the intermediate device and a second connection between the intermediate device and the content server; sending data of the content received via the second convection to the first rendering device via the first connection; receiving a request for the content destined to the content server from a second rendering device; establishing a third connection between the intermediate device and the second rendering device; and using the second connection to receive data of the content and sending the data to the second rendering device via the third connection.

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Dependent claims

A method for transmitting content, at an intermediate device that connects to a content server and at least two rendering devices, comprising

receiving a request for a content, which comprises an identifier of the content and is destined to the content server, from a first rendering device;
establishing a first connection between the first rendering device and the intermediate device and a second connection between the intermediate device and the content server;
sending data of the content received via the second connection to the first rendering device via the first connection;
receiving a message comprising the identifier of the content and a target rendering device indicator indicating a target rendering device from the first rendering device;
receiving a request comprising an identifier destined to the content server from a second rendering device;
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upon determining that the identifier in the request from the second rendering device is the same as the identifier of the content in the message received from the first rendering device and the second rendering device is the same as the target rendering device in the message received from the first rendering device, establishing a third connection between the intermediate device and the second rendering device and using the second connection to receive data of the content and sending the data to the second rendering device via the third connection.

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A device for transmitting content from a content server, wherein the device connects to the content server and at least two rendering devices, comprising

a transceiver for receiving and sending data;
a processor for receiving, via the transceiver, a request for a content, which comprises an identifier of the content and is destined to the content server, from a first rendering device;
establishing a first connection between the first rendering device and the device and a second connection between the device and the content server;
sending, via the transceiver, data of the content received via the second connection to the first rendering device via the first connection;
receiving, via the transceiver, a message comprising the identifier of the content and a target rendering device indicator indicating a target rendering device from the first rendering device;
receiving, via the transceiver, a request comprising an identifier destined to the content server from a second rendering device;
and upon determining that the identifier in the request from the second rendering device is the same as the identifier of the content in the message received from the first rendering device and the second rendering device is the same as the target rendering device in the message received from the first rendering device, establishing a third connection between the device and the second rendering device and using the second connection to receive data of the content and sending the data to the second rendering device via the third connection.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.