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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Marc Joliveau, Seattle, WA (US);

Gregory Scott Benjamin, Seattle, WA (US);

Nicholas James Benson, Seattle, WA (US);

Justin Michael Binns, Auburn, WA (US);

Kenneth Thomas Burford, Seattle, WA (US);

Stefan Christian Richter, Seattle, WA (US);

Li Tong, Seattle, WA (US);

Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are described for switching streaming of media content between content delivery networks (CDNs) during mid-stream. An initial CDN can be used to stream the media content. The performance of a second CDN can be measured by requesting a fragment of the media content as a measurement or test fragment. Streaming of the media content can be switched to the second CDN if its performance is determined to be better than the initial CDN.


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