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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Aaron James Colwell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/238 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01); H04N 21/238 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04N 21/438 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for initiating presentation of media content prior to receiving seek index data associated with the media content. In particular, if necessary, the seek index data can be received after playback and/or presentation of the media content begins. Thus, delays associated with obtaining or otherwise processing seek index data can be reduced or postponed or in cases of adaptive streaming, higher quality presentation of the media content can be achieved.