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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Martin Prins, The Hague, NL;

Victor Klos, The Hague, NL;

Anton Havekes, Schiedam, NL;

Peter-jan Doets, Delft, NL;

Robert-ernst Kooij, Delft, NL;

Inventors:

Martin Prins, The Hague, NL;

Victor Klos, The Hague, NL;

Anton Havekes, Schiedam, NL;

Peter-Jan Doets, Delft, NL;

Robert-Ernst Kooij, Delft, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01);
Abstract

Follow-up content items are determined for being played out when the current play-out of a content item has ended or is scheduled to end. The follow-up content items are determined, based on one or more bibliographic or semantic attributes of the item being played out and, on additional parameters such as the available bandwidth and the required data transfer rate. During the playing out of the content item, at least the first portions of the follow-up content items are retrieved and buffered in a buffer local to the equipment. Upon the playing-out of the content item being halted, the playing-out of the follow-up content items can be started right away from the buffer.


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