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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Lei Li, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mushegh Malkhasyan, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel James Van Pelt, Seattle, WA (US);
Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 65/4069 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for generating manifest files for media content playback. A server can generate manifest files that include initialization metadata obtained from initialization fragments of media content files. Client devices can initiate playback of media content for playback using the manifest files without downloading or parsing the initialization fragments of the media content files.