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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9519453 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2011

Methods, devices and computer programs for transmitting or for receiving and playing media streams

Applicants:

Heiko Perkuhn, Bonn, DE;

Calin Curescu, Solna, SE;

Inventors:

Heiko Perkuhn, Bonn, DE;

Calin Curescu, Solna, SE;

Assignee:

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;

Attorney:

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Fan Tsang

Assistant Examiner:

David Siegel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4408 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04N 21/432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/4408 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is carried out by a receiving and playing device (), for receiving and playing a media stream. The method includes a first playing procedure (s), a playing mode switching procedure (s), and a second playing procedure (s). The first playing procedure (s) includes receiving a media stream through a communication medium or network () and playing the received media stream. The playing mode switching procedure (s) includes determining (s) whether a media content about to be received or being received is locally stored and, if so, switching to the second playing procedure (s). The second playing procedure (s) includes playing the media content based on at least the locally stored media content. The invention also relates to methods carried out by a transmitting device (), to receiving and playing devices (), to transmitting devices (), and to computer programs.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Perkuhn, Heiko. (2016). Methods, devices and computer programs for transmitting or for receiving and playing media streams (U.S. Patent No. 9519453). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9519453

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