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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventor:
Wendell Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2365 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 12/841 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23655 (2013.01); H04L 47/286 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4381 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method provides a manifest for a media program to a client. The manifest includes a set of bitrate representation links that correspond to a set of bitrates. A pointer is maintained to at least a portion of a current segment that is currently being presented in the media program. A request is received using a bitrate representation link in the set of bitrate representation links. The method then selects at least the portion of the current segment using the pointer for the bitrate that corresponds to the bitrate representation and sends the at least the portion of the current segment to the client.