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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Geetha Chaney, Gilroy, CA (US);

Scirocco M. Six, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sterling Mace, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rajeev Raman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Geetha Chaney, Gilroy, CA (US);

Scirocco M. Six, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sterling Mace, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rajeev Raman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Open Invention Network, LLC, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/24 (2013.01); G06F 17/30053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30781 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for dynamic streaming of multimedia files are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a list of multimedia files meeting one or more criteria. One or more priority processes are applied to the list. The priority processes include time constraint filtering and bandwidth constraint filtering. A playlist is dynamically generated from the list according to the one or more priority processes, wherein the playlist is a single virtual multimedia file.


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