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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Jiang Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);
Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Dipak Punnoran Koroth, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Lemon, Stoughton, WI (US);
Anil Thomas, Milpitas, CA (US);
Xi Xu, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Jiang Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);
Kaichuan He, San Jose, CA (US);
Dipak Punnoran Koroth, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Lemon, Stoughton, WI (US);
Anil Thomas, Milpitas, CA (US);
Xi Xu, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A streaming file is constructed with a file header section that includes a file header object, a media data file descriptor, and an index descriptor. A hinting index section includes a first level hinting index with a linear organization corresponding to timing tick key values. A second level hinting index has a non-sequential organization corresponding to such timing tick key values. A special mark in the second level hinting index indicates that the first level hinting index must be consulted for a next timing tick key value. Such mark is positioned in the last of a sequential run of timing tick key values associated with its entries. A data section that can be put in a separate file, and it accepts media data blocks associated in sequential runs of timing tick key values as its entries. Thus hinting is provided for a non-sequential media data file.