Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously reading, on a client device (11), content broadcast within a peer-to-peer network (10) of client devices (11, 12), said content being made up of a sequence of segments, the client device (11) comprising a first buffer memory (M1) provisionally storing at least one raw segment of said content, each raw segment being in a format that is suitable for transfer within the peer-to-peer network (10), the method being characterized in that it includes the implementation by data-processing means (110) of the device (11) of the following steps: (a) converting at least one raw segment from the first buffer memory (M1) into a format suitable for reading on the device (11), and storing said converted segment in a second buffer memory (M2) of the device (11), so that the second buffer memory (M2) stores a number between a minimum number and a maximum number of converted segments arranged upstream from a reading point of said content; (b) reading, from the second bu

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of broadcasting a content by streaming in a peer-to-peer network (10) of client devices (11, 12, 13) which is connected to a content server (2), said content consisting of a sequence of segments stored on data storage means of the content server (2), each client device (11, 12, 13) comprising a buffer memory storing in a temporary manner at least one segment of said content, the method being characterized in that each client device (11, 12, 13) is associated with a level defining a minimal list of segments of the content that have to be stored by the buffer memory of the device (11, 12, 13), the method comprising steps of: (a) connection of a new client device (14) to the peer-to-peer network (10); (b) assignment of a level to the new client device (14) as a function of the number of client devices (11, 12, 13) associated with each level; (c) transmission to said new client device (14) from the server (2) of at least each segment of the content which is absent from th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously reading, on a client device (11), content broadcast within a peer-to-peer network (10) of client devices (11, 12), said content being made up of a sequence of segments, the client device (11) comprising a first buffer memory (M1) provisionally storing at least one raw segment of said content, each raw segment being in a format that is suitable for transfer within the peer-to-peer network (10), the method being characterised in that it includes the implementation by data-processing means (110) of the device (11) of the following steps: (a) converting at least one raw segment from the first buffer memory (M1) into a format suitable for reading on the device (11), and storing said converted segment in a second buffer memory (M2) of the device (11), so that the second buffer memory (M2) stores a number between a minimum number and a maximum number of converted segments arranged upstream from a reading point of said content; (b) reading, from the second bu

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of broadcasting a content by streaming in a peer-to-peer network (10) of client devices (11, 12, 13) which is connected to a content server (2), said content consisting of a sequence of segments stored on data storage means of the content server (2), each client device (11, 12, 13) comprising a buffer memory storing in a temporary manner at least one segment of said content, the method being characterized in that each client device (11, 12, 13) is associated with a level defining a minimal list of segments of the content that have to be stored by the buffer memory of the device (11, 12, 13), the method comprising steps of: (a) connection of a new client device (14) to the peer-to-peer network (10); (b) assignment of a level to the new client device (14) as a function of the number of client devices (11, 12, 13) associated with each level; (c) transmission to said new client device (14) from the server (2) of at least each segment of the content which is absent from th