Method and apparatus for obtaining media over a communications network

摘要

A method and apparatus for obtaining a real time media stream provided as a plurality of media fragments from a plurality of remote nodes in a communications network. A first series of media fragments satisfying a first selection criterion is requested from a first remote node and a further series of media fragments satisfying a further different selection criterion is requested from at least one furtherremote node. When combined, the first series of fragments and the further series of fragments provide the complete media stream.