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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Justin Michael Binns, Auburn, WA (US);
Matthew James Bordenet, Sammamish, WA (US);
Marc Joliveau, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrik Schnell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for requesting fragments of a media item. A latency to a media distribution service and bandwidth for a client are estimated. A time to request a subsequent fragment from the media item is determined. Sources for the fragment are scored and one of the sources is selected. The fragment is requested from the selected source.