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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:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shun Ni, Beijing, CN;

Aleksandar Zambelli, Seattle, WA (US);

Shenglan Huang, Beijing, CN;

Deliang Fu, Beijing, CN;

Wenhao Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04N 21/2365 (2011.01); H04N 21/238 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/0841 (2013.01); H04L 43/0894 (2013.01); H04N 21/23655 (2013.01); H04N 21/23805 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method analyzes information regarding a round-trip time where the round-trip time is based on sending a request for a segment of a media program and receiving the segment of the media program. The method determines when to switch from requesting a single segment of the media program to sending a request that requests a plurality of segments of the media program. When switching from requesting the single segment of the media program, the request for the plurality segments of the media program is sent where at least two or more of the segments are received without sending a subsequent request for the two or more segments.


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