Seamlessly switching among unicast, multicast, and broadcast mobile media content
AssigneeQuickplay Media Inc.
InventorsKavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
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Abstract
In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of access to the broadcast content.
Claims39
A method of pause and resuming functionality between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
- making broadcast content available to the mobile device;
- providing a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content;
- making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device;
- and
- providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content;
- and providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content.
A method of pause and resume functionality between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
- storing metadata regarding at least one of the broadcast and unicast content in the same file as the content;
- making broadcast content available to the mobile device;
- providing a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content;
- making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device;
- and
- providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content;
- and providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content.
A mobile device comprising:
- a broadcast network connection for receiving broadcast content;
- a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content;
- a facility for making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device;
- and
- providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content;
- and providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.