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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas A. Roberts, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
James Evans, Apex, NC (US);
Gregory M. Evans, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas A. Roberts, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
James Evans, Apex, NC (US);
Qurio Holdings, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A direct memory-to-memory to streaming protocol driver for a media content playback system is provided. In one embodiment, the direct memory-to-memory to streaming protocol driver is a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). In general, the RDMA to streaming protocol driver utilizes an RDMA-enabled network interface to obtain media content from a remote content distribution server. In order to emulate a streaming protocol layer of a network stack such as, for example, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the RDMA to streaming protocol driver encapsulates the media content according to the streaming protocol to provide streaming media content. The streaming media content is then provided to an associated streaming protocol-based playback function.