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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hong Heather Yu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Hongbing LI, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hong Heather Yu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Hongbing Li, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234327 (2013.01); G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/30896 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of streaming media with a media preview includes generating a preview data by extracting preview information from a media file to be streamed. The preview data has a multi-dimensional hierarchical data structure having a plurality of layers with increasing content of the preview information in each layer of the plurality of layers. The preview data is configured to provide a differentiated preview service.