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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Songqing Chen, Fairfax, VA (US);
Lei Guo, Willamsburg, VA (US);
Zhen Xiao, Randolph, NJ (US);
Xiaodong Zhang, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 29/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04N 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for supplying media over communication networks are described. In one embodiment, a media supplier determines whether a media object hosted on a web server will be supplied to a client by streaming or not by streaming. Preferably, if the determination is to stream, the media supplier streams the media object to the client. In some cases, the same media supplier may be capable of supplying clients with media objects hosted on any of at least two web servers.