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MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SWITCHING METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE

  • US 20100332591A1
  • Filed: 06/15/2010
  • Published: 12/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A media distribution switching method for switching media information distributed from a transmitting to a receiving device on a packet network, comprising:

  • transmitting a request packet for requesting distributing of the media information from the transmitting to the receiving device;

    returning from the transmitting device to the receiving device a request response packet to which device type information indicting whether the transmitting device is for real-time transmission or non-real-time transmission, is attached, in response to the request packet; and

    performing a reception process by switching between an operation mode for real-time transmission and an operation mode for non-real-time transmission in the receiving device, according to device type information attached to the request response packet received from the transmitting device.

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