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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Joshua B. Gahm, Newtonville, MA (US);

Kapil Sharma, Acton, MA (US);

Carol Etta Iturralde, Framington, MA (US);

John Robert Pickens, Newark, CA (US);

William C. Ver Steeg, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Joshua B. Gahm, Newtonville, MA (US);

Kapil Sharma, Acton, MA (US);

Carol Etta Iturralde, Framington, MA (US);

John Robert Pickens, Newark, CA (US);

William C. Ver Steeg, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes requesting accelerated delivery of a specified media stream. The media stream contains a plurality of video frames. The method also includes receiving a response to the accelerated delivery request. The method also includes selecting, based on the response, a media stream source. The method also includes receiving a media stream from the selected media stream source into a buffer, and decoding the received media stream from the buffer, at a selected playout rate.


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