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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Dish Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

Mark B. Hurst, Cedar Hills, UT (US);

Assignee:

DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for providing trick play functions such as fast forward, rewind or slow motion during playback of streaming media content. Multiple sets of streamlets or other media files that represent the same media stream are encoded differently from each other (e.g., at different frame rates and/or frame directions), and each set of files is simultaneously maintained at a server. Files encoded at a first format are made available to the client device during regular playback, and files encoded at a different frame rate and/or a different direction of encoding are made available to support trick play.


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