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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2015
Applicants:

Andre Surcouf, Saint Leu la Foret, FR;

William Mark Townsley, Paris, FR;

Thierry Gruszka, Le Raincy, FR;

Inventors:

Andre Surcouf, Saint Leu la Foret, FR;

William Mark Townsley, Paris, FR;

Thierry Gruszka, Le Raincy, FR;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/238 (2011.01); H04N 21/2381 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/602 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2013.01); G06F 17/30876 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04N 21/238 (2013.01); H04N 21/2381 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect, a method includes identifying a request for a piece of content, and obtaining a Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) manifest after identifying the request for the piece of content. The method also includes identifying at least one location at which the piece of content is located using the DASH manifest, wherein the at least one location at which the piece of content is located is a location from which the piece of content is arranged to be fetched.


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