Remote transmission system
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1. A device configured to facilitate live media transmission from a remote location, the device comprising:
- a first modem manager for enabling transmission of a first plurality of packets over an Internet connection to a receiver via at least one wireless communication network wirelessly accessible from the remote location;
a second modem manager for enabling transmission of a second plurality of packets to the receiver via at least one satellite communication network, wherein the first plurality of packets and the second plurality of packets are part of a live media stream; and
at least one processor configured to receive the first plurality of packets and the second plurality of packets, and to distribute the first plurality of packets to the first modem manager and the second plurality of packets to the second modem manager based on feedback regarding performance of a plurality of modems associated with the at least one wireless communication network and the at least one satellite communication network;
wherein, based on the feedback, the at least one processor is further configured to terminate distribution of packets to a specific modem from the plurality of modems.
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Abstract
A virtual broadband transmitting unit includes a stream generator to generate a multiplicity of data streams from an incoming media data stream, and a transmission manager to control the upload of the multiplicity of data streams along a multiplicity of transmission channels to at least one wireless communication network. A virtual broadband receiver includes means to receive a multiplicity of media data streams from a multiplicity of data connections, and an assembly engine to assemble the data streams into a single media stream.
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1. A device configured to facilitate live media transmission from a remote location, the device comprising:
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a first modem manager for enabling transmission of a first plurality of packets over an Internet connection to a receiver via at least one wireless communication network wirelessly accessible from the remote location; a second modem manager for enabling transmission of a second plurality of packets to the receiver via at least one satellite communication network, wherein the first plurality of packets and the second plurality of packets are part of a live media stream; and at least one processor configured to receive the first plurality of packets and the second plurality of packets, and to distribute the first plurality of packets to the first modem manager and the second plurality of packets to the second modem manager based on feedback regarding performance of a plurality of modems associated with the at least one wireless communication network and the at least one satellite communication network; wherein, based on the feedback, the at least one processor is further configured to terminate distribution of packets to a specific modem from the plurality of modems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device configured to facilitate a live media transmission from a remote location, the device comprising:
at least one processor configured to; receive at least a first plurality of packets and a second plurality of packets both associated with a live media stream; enable transmission of the first plurality of packets to a receiver via at least one wireless communication network wirelessly accessible from the remote location; enable transmission of the second plurality of packets to the receiver via at least one satellite communication network; and distribute the first plurality of packets and second plurality of packets based on feedback regarding performance of a plurality of modems associated with the at least one wireless communication network and the at least one satellite communication network; wherein, based on the feedback, the at least one processor is further configured to terminate distribution of packets to a specific modem from the plurality of modems. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for transmitting a live media transmission in a cost-effective manner, the method comprising:
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providing a device configured to facilitate a live media transmission from a remote location, the device including at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of packets and to use a plurality of modems to transmit the plurality of packets to a receiver via at least one wireless communication network and at least one satellite communication network; distributing the plurality of packets between the plurality of modems in a first manner at a first transmission cost; receiving information indicative of performance trends of at least some of the plurality of modems; distributing the plurality of packets between the plurality of modems in a second manner different from the first manner, to achieve a transmission cost lower than the first transmission cost. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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