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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2008
Valerian Menn, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas Fang, Redmond, WA (US);
Gurpratap Virdi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Todd Bowra, Redmond, WA (US);
Valerian Menn, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas Fang, Redmond, WA (US);
Gurpratap Virdi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Todd Bowra, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An intelligent retransmission of data stream segments is disclosed. One embodiment comprises detecting a missing media data segment at a media receiver, assigning a value to the missing media data segment based upon media playback consequences of not utilizing the missing media data segment, comparing the value with a threshold, and requesting retransmission of the missing media data segment from a media server if the value meets a predetermined condition relative to the threshold. In this manner, retransmission is requested when it is determined that retransmission will improve playback performance relative to non-retransmission.