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Enhanced streaming source change

  • US 10,187,681 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2016
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • retrieving a master playlist from a content delivery network using a media proxy;

    generating a virtual master playlist at the media proxy by mapping the master playlist to the virtual master playlist, wherein the virtual master playlist includes all media associated with the master playlist, and wherein the virtual master playlist excludes media source information from the master playlist;

    providing the virtual master playlist to a client, the client handles the virtual master playlist as the master playlist, wherein the media proxy is remote to the client;

    receiving a request from the client to change a streaming media source from an initial streaming media source to a next streaming media source, the initial streaming media source including last segments being streamed to the client, the next streaming media source selected by the client from the virtual master playlist;

    identifying the next streaming media source in the master playlist of the content delivery network, the virtual master playlist including a mapping of the master playlist;

    inserting a discontinuity between last segments of the initial streaming media source and first segments of the next streaming media source; and

    streaming the first segments of the next streaming media source tothe client as a continuous stream from the last segments of the initial streaming media source with the discontinuity between the last segments and the first segments, wherein the discontinuity provides an aesthetic transition between the last segments and the first segments.

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