System and method for streaming content
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsDenis Mischler, Francois Gerard
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Abstract
A system and method for streaming content. An application server is located on a local network and connected to a first network. A SIP based message including a request for streaming content from a local device located on the local network is received from a first device located on the first network. A SIP based message comprising a list of content available on the local network is sent to the first device A SIP based message is received from the first device for launching the streaming of at least one content from the list of content to at least one receiver located in a third network A SIP based message is sent to an application receiving module located in the third network to invite the at least one receiver to receive the at least one content.
Claims4
A method at an application server located in a local network, said application server being connected to a first network and to a third network different from said first network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from a first device located in said first network, a first SIP based message comprising a request for streaming content from a local device located in the local network to a receiver located in said third network;
- sending to said first device a second SIP based message comprising a list of content available on the local network;
- receiving a third SIP based message from said first device for launching the streaming of at least one content from said list of content to said receiver;
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- sending a fourth SIP based message to an application receiving module located in said third network to invite said receiver to receive said at least one content from said local device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.