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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Ajay K. Luthra, San Deigo, CA (US);
Praveen N. Moorthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark S. Schmidt, San Diego, CA (US);
Haifeng Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas L. Du Breuil, Ivyland, PA (US);
Glen Peter Goffin, Ii, Dublin, PA (US);
Ajay K. Luthra, San Deigo, CA (US);
Praveen N. Moorthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark S. Schmidt, San Diego, CA (US);
Haifeng Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas L. du Breuil, Ivyland, PA (US);
Glen Peter Goffin, II, Dublin, PA (US);
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments of broadcast content to HTTP client conversion, a client converter () receives video content () as an input () of broadcast content data streams from a content distribution system (). The client converter can join a content data stream of the broadcast input, and convert the content data stream to unicast HTTP data, such as video content segments () that are buffered for communication to a client device () or to a media player () of a client device (). An HTTP server () of the client converter can then communicate the unicast HTTP data to the client device or to the media player for playback of the video content.