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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Michael N. Nelson, Danville, CA (US);
Lakshminarayanan Gunaseelan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kasenna, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A media server system and method are disclosed for playback of digital media. For playback, header information associated with a complex asset is received. The header information comprises information for initializing a decoder ( ) for playback of the complex asset. Artificial headers ( ) for the complex asset are then created using the header information. A digital packet stream for the complex asset is received and passed decoder ( ) for playback. During playback, artificial headers ( ) are injected as appropriate for initializing the decoder ( ) for playback of the complex asset. In one implementation, the complex asset can be a clip asset ( ), a parallel asset ( ), a sequential asset ( ) or a composite asset ( ).