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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);
Sameer Vasant Gavade, Irving, TX (US);
Laxmi Ashish Arte, Austin, TX (US);
Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);
Sameer Vasant Gavade, Irving, TX (US);
Laxmi Ashish Arte, Austin, TX (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device includes a communication interface and one or more processors. The communication interface may receive media guide data, from a media guide server via a network, including information relating to a number of available media items and playlist information relating to at least one available playlist file associated with a particular media item. The one or more processors may receive a user selection of the particular media item and may request the playlist file from a playlist server via the network based on the playlist information via the interface. The interface may receive the playlist file from the playlist server, the playlist file including locations of stream segments corresponding to the selected playlist. The one or more processors may request the stream segments from a content server via the network based on the received playlist file.