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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Qnx Software Systems Limited, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Mikhail Nefedov, Kanata, CA;
Etienne Belanger, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
2236008 Ontario, Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for playing a media stream while a media system starts up. Media hardware, such as a display controller, may play media. A media driver may initialize the media hardware. A media module may receive the media stream from a media source. The media module and the display driver may start up before startup of the media system completes. The media module may provide the media stream directly or indirectly to the media hardware before and after startup of the media system completes without an interruption in playing of the media stream.