System and method for streaming media

• US 7,689,706 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2005
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SITO Mobile R&D IP, LLC
• Original Assignee: Single Touch Systems Incorporated (SITO Mobile, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jennings, Charles A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blair, Douglas B
• Application Number:
  US11/177,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20050246413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,726 Days
• Field of Search: 709/231, 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0274 Split fees
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2416 Real-time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/724 at intermediate nodes, e.g. resource reservation protocol [RSVP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/781 Centralised allocation of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/801 Real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/806 Broadcast or multicast traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/826 Involving periods of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises and an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The system and method operate with a reservation server. The ESRP receives media from an owner, manages the media according to media rules and order rules defined by the owner, and distributes the media to one or more switches, such as the MMS, according to the media rules and the order rules. The RTSMS is configured to receive the media rules and to receive a viewer'"'"'s media request via the reservation server. The RTSMS processes the media request according to the media rules and builds a reservation for the requested media. The RTSMS generates the reservation to the viewer and to the NRP. The NRP receives the reservation data from the viewer and from the RTSMS. The NRP processes the reservation data and locates an MMS that can stream the media to the viewer. The NRP transmits the IP address of the MMS to the viewer and transmits the reservation data to the MMS. The viewer initiates a session or connection with the MMS using the reservation number. If the reservation data from the viewer matches the reservation data from the NRP, the MMS streams the media to the viewer.

Claims

1. A system for processing a media request comprising:

a service processor to;

receive media, at least one media rule indicating at least one of a plurality of media switches to which the media is to be distributed, and at least one order rule indicating settlement for streamed media;

distribute the media to the at least one media switch according to the media rule; and

transmit a media identification for the media and the order rule to the at least one media switch; and

a management system to;

receive the media identification and the order rule from the service processor;

receive signaling from a viewer, the signaling comprising the media request that identifies a requested media;

build a reservation for the requested media, the reservation comprising a reservation identification and the media identification for the requested media;

receive at least one information block identifying the reservation identification and identifying streaming for at least some of the requested media from the at least one media switch to the viewer; and

process the information block with the reservation identification and according to the order rule to generate a settlement record.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the order rule comprises at least one member of a group comprising a credit rule to credit an entity and a debit rule to debit the entity.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the entity comprises an owner of the requested media.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the entity comprises an owner of advertisement media streamed in conjunction with the requested media.

5. A method for processing a media request comprising:

receiving, at a service processor, media, at least one media rule indicating at least one of a plurality of media switches to which the media is to be distributed, and at least one order rule indicating settlement for streamed media;

distributing the media from the service processor to the at least one media switch according to the media rule;

transmitting from the service processor a media identification for the media and the order rule to the at least one media switch;

receiving signaling from a viewer at a management system, the signaling comprising the media request that identifies a requested media;

building a reservation for the requested media at a reservation server, the reservation comprising a reservation identification and the media identification for the requested media;

receiving at least one information block identifying the reservation identification and identifying streaming for at least some of the requested media from the at least one media switch to the viewer; and

processing the information block with the reservation identification and according to the order rule to generate a settlement record.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the order rule comprises at least one member of a group comprising a credit rule to credit an entity and a debit rule to debit the entity.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the entity comprises an owner of the requested media.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the entity comprises an advertisement media streamed in conjunction with the requested media.