US Patent 7680894 Multimedia content delivery method and system

The present invention relates to a method for the distribution of multimedia content, comprising:a first step comprising a download in “push” mode of a multimedia content, in a partial way, from a content server to a client device, anda second step comprising a download of the missing elements of said multimedia content in “pull” mode via a “peer to peer” mechanism from a second client device,and in that the multimedia content can be reconstituted with n+p blocks, n and p being non-null natural integers, n blocks being downloaded during said first step and p blocks being downloaded during the second step, the multimedia content being exploitable only after reception of n+p blocks.