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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventor:
Fabio Picconi, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issly les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/2389 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/4385 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/632 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/604 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); H04N 21/2389 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4385 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solution for peer-assisted distribution of video content over a broadband network is disclosed. A video file is segmented into segments and segmentation metadata is generated. The segments are converted to media stream segments with counter/timestamp consistency. The video file and the segmentation metadata are injected into a peer-assisted video delivery system. The segmentation metadata are then used for initializing download of offsets of the video file that are required for generating segments of the video file at a client.