ENABLING DEVICES WITHOUT NATIVE BROADCAST CAPABILITY TO ACCESS AND/OR RECEIVE BROADCAST DATA IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER

摘要

Methods, devices and systems for delivering broadcast data to client devices that do not support receiving broadcast transmissions. In an embodiment, a gateway device may be configured to receive a manifest file and related data segments via a first type of network protocol, such as LTE broadcasts. The manifest file may include data defining network addresses for one or more network resources, and may be modified to include a network address of a proxy server for the network resources. The proxy server may be configured to accept requests for data segments from client devices conforming to a second type of network protocol different from the first protocol, such as unicast. In an embodiment, the gateway device may transmit broadcast data for storage in a cache or alternatively a separate storage location accessible to the proxy server. The proxy server may be included in the gateway device or client devices.

主权项

1. A method for a gateway device capable of receiving broadcast communications to enable a client device without native broadcast-reception capabilities to access broadcast data, comprising:
receiving a streaming data segment via transmissions using a broadcast protocol; providing the received streaming data segment to a proxy server unit within the gateway device; receiving a request, via the proxy server unit, for the streaming data segment from the client device, wherein the client device is a separate device from the gateway device; and transmitting the received streaming data segment, via the proxy server unit, to the client device in response to the request using a non-broadcast protocol.