A CONCENTRATOR FOR STORING AND FORWARDING MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a concentrator for storing and forwarding media content. The media content is sent from a content server to a plurality of media players. The concentrator has means for storing at least parts of the media content, means for retrieving missing parts of a media item requested by one of the media players from the content server or one or more intermediate concentrators or both and the concentrator has means for delivering the media item to one of the media players. The concentrator also contains means for automatically receiving an update for a playlist. The playlist is indicative for the available media content from the content server and an update is sent each time the playlist has changed.