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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James D. Batson, Saratoga, FL (US);
John Samuel Bushell, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Carlson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeremy Spencer Jones, Cupertino, CA (US);
Roger Pantos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); G06F 17/30781 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/30896 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided through which information about media files embedded in web pages is obtained from a server and analyzed to determine if the media files are playable on a device. This information may be external to the media file or may be a portion of the media file itself. The determination of whether a media file is playable by a device is made based on information obtained from the server without downloading the entirety of the media file.