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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chung-Ping Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christian Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Yung-Hsiao Lai, Fremont, CA (US);
James Mitch Zollinger, San Jose, CA (US);
David Randall Ronca, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2368 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 19/115 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/164 (2014.01); H04N 19/177 (2014.01); H04N 19/167 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04N 19/115 (2014.11); H04N 19/164 (2014.11); H04N 19/167 (2014.11); H04N 19/177 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11); H04N 21/2368 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/23611 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4346 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for changing bit rates in streaming media are provided. As portions of a streaming media file are downloaded for playback, the size of the portion is compared with an expected size determined prior to initiating playback of streaming AV data. The portion of the media file may be padded such that the size of the portion matches the size specified prior to initiating playback of streaming AV data.