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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Roger Pantos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Biderman, San Jose, CA (US);
William May, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Flick, San Jose, CA (US);
John Samuel Bushell, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kevin Calhoun, Sonoma, CA (US);
Roger Pantos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Biderman, San Jose, CA (US);
William May, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Flick, San Jose, CA (US);
John Samuel Bushell, San Jose, CA (US);
John Kevin Calhoun, Sonoma, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A content streaming system, such as an HTTP streaming system, can use a variant audio playlist that identifies different audio playlists, such as one playlist in English and one playlist in Spanish, for the same program such as a video program which is specified by a video playlist which can be separate from the variant audio playlist. A client can use the variant audio playlist to select a particular audio content for the same program, and the particular audio content can be referred to by one URL in the variant audio playlist, among a set of alternative URLs, in the variant audio playlist, for alternative audio content.