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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
James C. Stewart, Woodinville, WA (US);
Geqiang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
James C. Stewart, Woodinville, WA (US);
Geqiang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An implementation, as described herein, facilitates fast start-up of a new media stream while mitigating and in some implementations, avoiding temporal interruption (i.e., 'stutter') of the presentation of that new media stream. At least one implementation, described herein, measures a rate at which a multimedia stream is received at a downstream component configured to present the multimedia to a user; and, ascertains a duration of time to buffer the received multimedia before presentation thereof, at least in part utilizing the measured rate.