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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Prabhudev I. Hosur, Austin, TX (US);
Cuong T. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan R. Brickey, Austin, TX (US);
Prabhudev I. Hosur, Austin, TX (US);
Cuong T. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan R. Brickey, Austin, TX (US);
Imagine Communications Corp., Frisco, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for processing media content includes receiving a request for media content and, in response, accessing a plurality of source files associated with the requested media content, wherein the source files comprise media content in one or more source formats. The method also includes generating one or more target files based on the plurality of source files. Additionally, the method includes, generating an auxiliary file associated with the target files. The auxiliary file includes a plurality of content records, each content record associated with a portion of the media content in the target. The method further includes, while generating the target files, transmitting the requested media content from the plurality of target files to a client as a seamless media transmission by reading each of the content records in the auxiliary file and transmitting to the client content corresponding to each content record.