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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
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:
Assistant 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 a media preview includes delivering a preview data having preview information from a media file to be streamed. The preview data has a multi-dimensional hierarchical data structure has 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 an adaptive and scalable preview service.