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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam, Marietta, GA (US);

Christopher E. Holladay, Marietta, GA (US);

Ryan L. Whitman, Sunny Side, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/42202 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for switching media streams of a video. A first media stream of the video is played in a SHOW mode in a client system as the first media stream is received. Aa switch is made from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream of the video in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received. The switch preserves video content continuity of the video and includes pausing play of the first media stream. A pausing rank is associated with each timecode in the first and second media streams. The pausing occurs at a timecode in the first media stream at which the associated pausing rank is not less than a predesignated threshold.


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