REAL-TIME MEDIA BROADCASTING VIA TELEPHONE
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1. A system for live broadcasting of one or more media streams via the Internet such that it is accessible substantially by one or more of recipients at one or more locations comprising:
- a call handling server for receiving a conventional telephone call and a media streaming server for streaming the contents of said call over the Internet, said call handling server having functionality to handle conventional telephone calls received via conventional fixed and mobile telephone networks; and
wherein contents of each of said one or more media streams can originate from said conventional telephone call sent from a conventional telephony device which does not require Internet connection or specialist software.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for live broadcasting of one or more media streams, such as audio streams, via the internet such that it is accessible substantially by a number of listeners at a number of locations. Said system is operable such that the contents of each of said one or more media streams can originate from a call or other communication from a conventional telephony device which does not require internet connection.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for live broadcasting of one or more media streams via the Internet such that it is accessible substantially by one or more of recipients at one or more locations comprising:
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a call handling server for receiving a conventional telephone call and a media streaming server for streaming the contents of said call over the Internet, said call handling server having functionality to handle conventional telephone calls received via conventional fixed and mobile telephone networks; and wherein contents of each of said one or more media streams can originate from said conventional telephone call sent from a conventional telephony device which does not require Internet connection or specialist software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of broadcasting media live over the Internet from a conventional telephony device having no specialist software, comprising the steps of:
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having a caller call a telephone number from said conventional telephony device thereby placing a call via a conventional mobile or fixed telephone network, without using the Internet; answering said call and processing its content into a data stream; and broadcasting, live, said data stream over the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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