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Patent No.:

US 11017816 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2018

Multimedia distribution system

Applicant:

Divx, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Abou Ui Aala Ahsan, Irvine, CA (US);

Stephen R. Bramwell, San Diego, CA (US);

Brian T. Fudge, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

DIVX, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

KPPB LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher Braniff

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G11B 27/30 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 19/159 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/196 (2014.01); H04N 19/149 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/107 (2014.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/126 (2014.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01); H04N 19/152 (2014.01); H04N 19/154 (2014.01); H04N 19/18 (2014.01); H04N 19/192 (2014.01); H04N 19/48 (2014.01); H04N 19/80 (2014.01); H04N 19/577 (2014.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 19/85 (2014.01); H04N 19/625 (2014.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G11B 27/3027 (2013.01); G11B 20/10 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 19/107 (2014.11); H04N 19/117 (2014.11); H04N 19/126 (2014.11); H04N 19/149 (2014.11); H04N 19/152 (2014.11); H04N 19/154 (2014.11); H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/18 (2014.11); H04N 19/186 (2014.11); H04N 19/192 (2014.11); H04N 19/196 (2014.11); H04N 19/198 (2014.11); H04N 19/48 (2014.11); H04N 19/577 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11); H04N 19/625 (2014.11); H04N 19/80 (2014.11); H04N 19/85 (2014.11); H04N 21/42646 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01);

Abstract

A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, a complete index that can be used to locate each data chunk in each of these tracks and an abridged index that can enable the location of a subset of the data chunks in each track, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and 'meta data' concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and 'meta data' external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames, a first index that includes information indicative of the location within the file and characteristics of each encoded video frame and a separate second index that includes information indicative of the location within the file of a subset of the encoded video frames.

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