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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Visualon, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Luc August Jozef Maria Verbist, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chin-Yee Lin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
VisualOn, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/23406 (2013.01); H04N 21/2401 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for smooth media data switching for media players comprises a selection predictor to determine one or more predicted pre-buffer streams in response to an indication of a potential change selection from a user and a stream provider to provide the one or more predicted pre-buffer stream in addition to a current stream.