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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Directv, Llc, El Segundo, CA (US);
Reza Pezeshki, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Richard Tatem, Middletown, MD (US);
Horia-Mihai Popa, Iasi, RO;
Wassim Daccache, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example system of client devices, includes a first client device comprising: programmable circuitry; a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed or instantiated by the programmable circuitry, facilitate performance of operations including: receiving a datagram using User Datagram Protocol (UDP) from a server device, the datagram corresponding to a media segment of a media stream; after receiving the datagram, transmitting a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) communication including a request for the media segment; and responsive to transmitting the HTTP communication, receiving metadata corresponding to the media segment from the server device.