Process for placing a multimedia object in memory, data structure and associated terminal

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media, on which are stored instructions for causing one or more processors to:

• place a multimedia object comprising at least one elemental stream of data in memory, the elemental stream or streams being capable of being broadcast in the form of data packets comprising a data part and a header comprising serial numbers;
• place the data parts in the stream or streams in memory as a data object;
• create a hint track comprising elemental records corresponding to data packets that can be broadcast,
• wherein each elemental record comprises a serial number of a corresponding data packet and is sequenced in the hint track by the serial number,
• wherein an elemental record corresponding to a received data packet further comprises a timestamp of the data part of the corresponding data packet and a pointer to the data part of the corresponding data packet in the data object, and
• wherein an elemental record corresponding to a data packet that is not received due to transmission errors further comprises an indication that the elemental record is incomplete.

A terminal for a receiving a multimedia object comprising at least one data stream received in the form of data packets, the terminal comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory in which instructions are stored, the instructions when executed causing one or more of the processors to:
• store a data part of a received data packet in a data object;
• create a hint track comprising elemental records corresponding to data packets,
• wherein an elemental record comprises a serial number of the data packet,
• wherein the elemental records of the hint track are ordered by serial number,
• wherein an elemental record of a received data packet further comprises:
• a timestamp of the data part of the received data packet;
• and
• a pointer to the data part in the data object, and
• wherein an elemental record of a data packet not received because of transmission errors while receiving data packets further comprises:
• an indication that the data packet was not received.