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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Applicant:
James Michael Hodapp, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
James Michael Hodapp, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
THOMSON LICENSING DTV, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/20 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 43/0805 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04N 21/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for sending live streams to regular HTTP clients. An incoming live media stream is segmented into segment files. A segment list is used to maintain the logical representation of the segment segment files so that they look like one continuous file. Each segment file is sent to the client through regular HTTP protocol once it is available. Old segment files can be deleted to save storage space and reduce management overhead.