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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Gregory K. Truax, Portland, OR (US);
Gary T. Hertel, Beaverton, OR (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus having a device of a user and a computer is disclosed. The computer may be configured to (i) transfer a manifest to the device in response to a viewing session being opened. The manifest generally has a plurality of modified links to a plurality of bitrates of a video content. Each one of the modified links may include an identifier that is unique to the viewing session. The computer may also be configured to (ii) receive a particular one of the modified links from the device, (iii) log a presence of the viewing session, and (iv) generate a request by removing the identifier from the particular modified link.