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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Martin Jan Soukup, Ottawa, CA;
Chris Mcevilly, Bagshot, GB;
Inventors:
Martin Jan Soukup, Ottawa, CA;
Chris McEvilly, Bagshot, GB;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a streaming media environment in which multiple channels of media content are available, the present invention reduces the time interval between a user requesting a new channel and the media content of the requested channel being made available to the user.