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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);

Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);

Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

William Routt, Leawood, KS (US);

Amirali Emami, Vienna, VA (US);

Inventors:

Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, MO (US);

Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);

Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

William Routt, Leawood, KS (US);

Amirali Emami, Vienna, VA (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06176 (2013.01); H04L 29/06517 (2013.01); H04N 7/17327 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for pausing a multimedia data stream. Techniques are disclosed that include receiving a pause request message, wherein the pause request message includes a sequence number of a last processed media frame within a multimedia data stream when a pause command was issued from a user. Techniques disclosed further include pausing a transmission of the multimedia data stream to a client device. Moreover, the techniques disclosed include determining a time-out value based on one or more local resources of a server, wherein the time-out value corresponds to a length of time the media stream can be paused. Furthermore, the techniques disclosed include creating a timestamp of when the transmission of the media stream was paused. Additionally, the techniques disclosed include sending the time-out value and the timestamp to the client device.


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