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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.

Patent No.:

US 8990690 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2012

Methods and apparatus for media navigation

Applicants:

Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);

Hong Heather Yu, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);

Hong Heather Yu, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:

Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Kieu Vu

Assistant Examiner:

Asteway T Gattew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/4728 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234327 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/4728 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8583 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of playing a media includes receiving a first media stream of the media and displaying the first media stream in a first window of a media player. The first media stream includes navigable parts configured to be selected for higher resolution streaming. A request to stream a selected navigable part of the first media stream is sent. A second media stream with the selected navigable part is received and displayed. The resolution of the selected navigable part in the second media stream is higher than the resolution of the selected navigable part in the first media stream.

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