METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT PART OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO A CLIENT TERMINAL, CORRESPONDING CACHE

摘要

Method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, corresponding cache. According to the invention, the method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, one or more caches being arranged along the transmission path between the client terminal and a remote server, several representations of said content part being available, comprises: receiving (S0) at a first cache (R), from the client terminal, a request for a given representation of said content part belonging to a set of allowable representations selected among said available representations of the content part, said request further comprising a list of alternative representations of the set and auxiliary information for specifying the scope of the request; checking (S1) at said first cache (R) if said given representation is stored in the cache; in case said given representation is not cached, browsing (S2) at said first cache (R) alternative representations listed.

主权项

1. A method for providing a content part of a multimedia content to a client terminal, one or more caches being arranged along the transmission path between the client terminal and a remote server, several representations of said content part being available,
comprising:
receiving at a first cache, from the client terminal, a request for a given representation of said content part, belonging to a set of allowable representations selected among said available representations, said request further comprising a list of alternative representations of the set and auxiliary information for specifying the scope of the request between the client terminal and the remote server;checking at said first cache if said given representation is stored in the cache;in case said given representation is not cached, browsing at said first cache alternative representations listed.