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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Krishna Prasad Panje, Bangalore, IN;
Christopher S. Del Sordo, Souderton, PA (US);
Sundar Murthy Tumuluru, Bangalore, IN;
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes downloading a playlist file for a multimedia presentation over a network from a streaming server using a transfer protocol, the playlist file including an ordered list of URIs for a plurality of media files, each of the plurality of media files including compressed video data corresponding to a segment of the multimedia presentation and containing reference frames; downloading a data file that includes reference frame information indicating a location of the reference frame in the media file; performing a trick play related to a displaying of the multimedia presentation; selecting, from a plurality of variant streams, a first variant stream for use in displaying the multimedia presentation; and reassembling segments included in media files associated with a first variant stream of the plurality of variant streams to play the multimedia presentation as a continuous stream.