SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT VIA A CELLULAR NETWORK TO MOBILE MULTIMEDIA DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of streaming multimedia content via a cellular network to mobile multimedia devices, comprising:
- receiving an encoded multimedia stream via Internet by the cellular network, wherein the encoded multimedia stream comprises content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content;
routing the encoded content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content by a multimedia streaming system in the cellular network;
sending the routed content metadata to one or more of the mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network by the multimedia streaming system;
adaptively streaming the routed live content and/or on-demand content to the one or more of the mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network by the multimedia streaming system; and
adaptively decoding the adaptively streamed live content and/or on-demand content by each of the one or more mobile multimedia devices.
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Abstract
A system and method for streaming multimedia content via a cellular network to mobile multimedia devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, an encoded multimedia stream is received by the cellular network via Internet. The encoded multimedia stream includes content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content. Further, the encoded content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content are routed by a multimedia streaming system in the cellular network. Furthermore, the routed content metadata is sent to one or more of the mobile multimedia devices by the multimedia streaming system via the cellular network. In addition, the routed live content and/or on-demand content are adaptively streamed to the one or more of the mobile multimedia devices by the multimedia streaming system via the cellular network. Also, the adaptively streamed live content and/or on-demand content are adaptively decoded by each of the one or more mobile multimedia devices.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of streaming multimedia content via a cellular network to mobile multimedia devices, comprising:
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receiving an encoded multimedia stream via Internet by the cellular network, wherein the encoded multimedia stream comprises content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content; routing the encoded content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content by a multimedia streaming system in the cellular network; sending the routed content metadata to one or more of the mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network by the multimedia streaming system; adaptively streaming the routed live content and/or on-demand content to the one or more of the mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network by the multimedia streaming system; and adaptively decoding the adaptively streamed live content and/or on-demand content by each of the one or more mobile multimedia devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for streaming multimedia content via a cellular network to mobile multimedia devices, comprising:
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a multimedia streaming system residing in a cellular network base station associated with the cellular network; and a plurality of mobile multimedia devices coupled to the multimedia streaming system via the cellular network, wherein the multimedia streaming system receives encoded multimedia stream via Internet, wherein the encoded multimedia stream comprises content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content, wherein the multimedia streaming system routes the encoded content metadata, live content and/or on-demand content, wherein the multimedia streaming system sends the routed content metadata to one or more of the plurality of mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network, wherein the multimedia streaming system adaptively streams the routed live content and/or on-demand content to the one or more of the plurality of mobile multimedia devices via the cellular network, and wherein each of the one or more mobile multimedia devices adaptively decodes the adaptively streamed live content and/or on-demand. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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