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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Conviva Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ningning Hu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

John W. Heffner, San Mateo, CA (US);

Mei-Hsuan Lu, Foster City, CA (US);

Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ion Stoica, Piedmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Conviva Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04H 20/10 (2008.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/20 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04H 20/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); H04N 21/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/234 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Displaying video on a video display device is disclosed. A first video stream from a first video streaming source is displayed on the display device. A second video stream from a second video streaming source is processed on the display device without displaying the second video stream. Displaying the first video stream is ceased and instead the second video stream is displayed. Supporting operations on a video stream is also disclosed. At least one video chunk is received at a first granularity. A determination is made that an operation is to be performed at a different granularity. At least one video chunk is requested at the different granularity.


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