Seamlessly switching among unicast, multicast, and broadcast mobile media content
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1. A method of switching between network-delivered broadcast and network-delivered unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
- storing at least one of;
the network-delivered broadcast content and first metadata regarding the network-delivered broadcast content in a first file,andthe network-delivered unicast content and second metadata regarding the network-delivered unicast content in a second file;
making the network-delivered broadcast content available to the mobile device;
making the network-delivered unicast content available to the mobile device; and
providing an application on the mobile device to switch between the network-delivered broadcast content and the network-delivered unicast content, the switch between the network-delivered broadcast content and the network delivered unicast content facilitated by at least one of the first metadata and the second metadata.
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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 an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
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1. A method of switching between network-delivered broadcast and network-delivered unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
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storing at least one of; the network-delivered broadcast content and first metadata regarding the network-delivered broadcast content in a first file, and the network-delivered unicast content and second metadata regarding the network-delivered unicast content in a second file; making the network-delivered broadcast content available to the mobile device; making the network-delivered unicast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device to switch between the network-delivered broadcast content and the network-delivered unicast content, the switch between the network-delivered broadcast content and the network delivered unicast content facilitated by at least one of the first metadata and the second metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for switching between network-delivered broadcast and network-delivered unicast content on a mobile device, comprising:
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a first file including the network-delivered broadcast content and first metadata regarding the network-delivered broadcast content; a second file including the network-delivered unicast content and second metadata regarding the network-delivered unicast content; a mobile media platform server adapted to make the network-delivered broadcast content and the network-delivered unicast content available to the mobile device for playback on the mobile device; and an application for executing on the mobile device by which the mobile device switches between the network-delivered broadcast content and the network-delivered unicast content in response to at least one of the first metadata and the second metadata. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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