System and method for directing a media stream
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1. A method for directing a media stream comprising reading and correlating a packet with the media stream and readdressing the packet to a variable address associated with the media stream.
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Abstract
A system and method for directing a media stream includes a packet reader reading and correlating a packet with the media stream and readdressing the packet to a variable address associated with the media stream. The variable address may be changed in accordance with predefined criteria or in response to commands issued by the intended recipient of the packet.
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- 1. A method for directing a media stream comprising reading and correlating a packet with the media stream and readdressing the packet to a variable address associated with the media stream.
- 7. A system for directing a media steam comprising an intermediate network entity adapted to receive a data packet and to correlate the packet with the media stream, a readdressing module adapted to readdress the data packet to a variable address associated with the media stream.
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9. The system according to claim 9, further comprising one or more of the network entities selected from the group consisting of a storage device, a coder/decoder, a code conversion device, a media format conversion device, a multicaster, an encryption device, a computing device, a media presentation device, a firewall authenticator, a firewall penetration device, a firewall negotiation device, a firewall gatekeeper and a communication failure recovery device.
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11. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, cause the computing platform to read and correlate a packet header with a media stream and readdress the packet to a variable address associated with the media stream.
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