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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Divx, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Roland Osborne, San Francisco, CA (US);
DIVX, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A receiver driven approach for playback of remote content is described. One embodiment includes obtaining information concerning the content of the media file from the remote server, identifying a starting location within the media sequence, identifying byte ranges of the media file corresponding to media required to play the media sequence from the starting location, requesting the byte ranges required to play the media sequence from the starting location, buffering received bytes of information pending commencement of playback, playing back the buffered bytes of information, receiving a user instruction, identifying byte ranges of the media file corresponding to media required to play the media sequence in accordance with the user instruction, flushing previous byte range requests, and requesting the byte ranges required to play the media in accordance with the user instruction.