Seamlessly switching among unicast, multicast, and broadcast mobile media content
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1. A method of pause and resuming functionality between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
- making broadcast content available to the mobile device;
providing a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content;
making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device; and
providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content; and
providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content.
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Abstract
In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of access to the broadcast content.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of pause and resuming functionality between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
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making broadcast content available to the mobile device; providing a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content; making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content; and
providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22)
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18. A method of pause and resume functionality between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
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storing metadata regarding at least one of the broadcast and unicast content in the same file as the content; making broadcast content available to the mobile device; providing a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content; making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content; and
providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A mobile device comprising:
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a broadcast network connection for receiving broadcast content; a facility through which unicast content may be discovered based on the broadcast content; a facility for making the discovered unicast content available to a mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the broadcast content; and
providing a facility through which access to unicast content may be paused, and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of quality to the unicast content. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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