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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Xiaocheng Li, Beijing, CN;
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A client establishes connections with a media server. The connections include a first connection for regular playback and one or more second connections for processing a channel change. Segments of a first video are received from the media server using the first connection in the plurality of connections. The first video is being played on a first channel in a plurality of channels. The client receives a request to change from the first channel to a second channel in the plurality of channels. A request for at least a portion of a segment of a second video being played on the second channel is sent to the media server. The request includes a channel change indicator. The client then receives the at least the portion of the segment of the second video using the one or more second connections with the media server.