Device, computer program and method for providing video content and data to a user device (50). The method includes providing the video content to the user device (50), sending a first message from a network operator system (40) to the user device (50), the first message including at least one of an instruction for downloading the data or a table (102) storing information about the data, wherein each of the instruction and the information about the data informs the user device (50) to search a peer-to-peer network (70) for the data, and receiving at the network operator system (40) a second message from the user device (50) indicating that the data has been downloaded from the peer-to-peer network (70).

A method executed in a network node capable of broadcasting or multicasting user content delivery to communication devices comprise: preparing of different versions of user content to be broadcasted or multicasted to the communication devices; preparing, for each version,a respective instruction arranged to instruct each of the communication devices to, based on its device capabilities, automatically select at least one of the broadcasted or multicasted user content version/s when the respective communication device is capable of handling the respective version/s and/or to automatically discriminate at least one of the broadcasted or multicasted user content version/s when the respective communication device is not capable of handling the respective version/s; transmitting the instructions to the communication devices via broadcasting or multicasting, and transmitting the different versions of user content to the communication devices via broadcasting or multicasting. A method for receiving such provided content is also described, as well as an apparatus and communication device on which these methods can be executed.

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining portions of media assets for cooperative reception by multiple devices. The disclosed techniques herein include identifying cooperating devices that are able to communicate with a selected device for relaying portions of a media asset. For example, a group of people each travelling together in a vehicle may wish to view a media asset by cooperatively using their network resources of their smartphones to relay portions of the media asset for viewing. Play capability data of the cooperating devices may be pulled to select a primary device to play the media asset. Based on the network service data, a determination is made for each cooperating device regarding reception of a respective portion of the media asset to each cooperating device. Instructions to receive and relay the respective portions of the media asset are transmitted to each cooperating device.

A method for delivering a stream of segments of a content from a server by at least one agent to a plurality of terminals. The method includes, at different moments during receipt of the content: verifying a load criterion of the agent, and, adapting, as a function of the verification, delivery of the content segments to the terminals.

A network addressable appliance with digital multimedia recording capabilities has limited access including playback of stored multimedia content upon faulty connection with a service provider network. Upon a connectivity event, the network addressable appliance compares a retrieved hardware address for a connected residential gateway to a stored hardware address for an assigned residential gateway. If the two hardware addresses correspond, the network addressable appliance provides playback to stored multimedia content. The system helps prevent violations of digital rights management rules by restricting access to stored multimedia content while the network addressable appliance is connected to an unauthorized residential gateway. The system provides a user with limited access (i.e. playback) to multimedia content during service provider network outages.

Systems and methods for performing bit rate encoding are described. One of the methods includes receiving data indicating a change in a first connection speed that is associated with a first network. The change generates a second connection speed. The method further includes determining whether a media file is being downloaded. The method also includes determining that a current segment of the media file is being downloaded. The current segment is downloaded at a first bit rate and the first bit rate is associated with the first connection speed. The method includes determining whether the media file includes a remaining segment to be downloaded. The current segment precedes the remaining segment. The method includes identifying a second bit rate based on the second connection speed, receiving the remaining segment at the second bit rate, and stitching the remaining segment with the current segment.

A server for network media program restart receives a request from a client device to restart a media program that is configured as being enabled for network media program restart subject to a set of one or more restrictions. Responsive to determining that a currently airing restriction is configured that allows the media program to be played by the client device only when that media program is currently airing in a locale of the client device and will become unavailable for viewing after a predefined amount of time has elapsed after the currently airing media program ends, the server transmits the media program to the client device for playback only responsive to a determination that at the time of the request the media program is currently airing in the locale of the client device and only when the predefined amount of time has not elapsed.

A flip signal is received from a first device, at a signaling server, during a video chat between the first device and a second device. The flip signal indicates that media packets from the second device intended for the first device are to be sent to a third device. Responsive to the signaling server receiving the flip signal, the signaling server sends a call request to the third device; and the signaling server sends a message to the second device to cause the second device to send the media packets to the third device. In another aspect, at the first device, during the video chat, a gesture is detected which indicates that media packets from the second device intended for the first device are to be sent to the third device; and, responsive to the detecting, the flip signal is sent.

A satellite reception assembly may include a housing configured to support receipt and handling of a plurality of satellite signals. The housing may include circuitry incorporating integrated stacking architecture for supporting and/or providing channel and/or band stacking whereby particular channels or bands, from multiple satellite signals that are received via the satellite reception assembly, may be combined onto a single output signal that may be communicated from the satellite reception assembly to a gateway device for concurrent distribution thereby to a plurality of client devices serviced by the gateway device.

Described embodiments provide systems and methods for latency optimization for cloud applications. An agent of a client device comprising an audio decoder and a video decoder can monitor video and audio data paths of an application communicating audio/video (A/V) data from one or more servers to the client device. The agent can measure, using the audio decoder and the video decoder, an A/V latency and a lip-sync status of the video and audio data paths of the application. The agent can determine, based on at least one or more measurements of the A/V latency and the lip-sync status, to enable a low latency mode for at least one of the video decoder or the audio decoder. The agent can configure, responsive to the determination, the low latency mode on one of the video decoder or the audio decoder.