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Streaming media delivery system

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  • US 10,567,453 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2013
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for distributing via the Internet streaming media encoded as a plurality of sequential frames adapted for playback at a predetermined playback rate and comprising a plurality of sequential data elements, said method comprising:

  • receiving via data communications at a server a request from a user computer for the streaming media;

    filling a server buffer allocated in a memory of the server, from a media source, at a constant fill rate equal to the playback rate;

    when the server buffer is filled to a predetermined level, beginning delivery of the streaming media to the user computer using a transport mechanism to send sequential data elements of the streaming media from the server buffer to the user computer; and

    whenever, after said beginning delivery of the streaming media to the user, there are unsent sequential data elements in the server buffer, sending, from the server to the user computer, as much of said unsent sequential data elements that are in the server buffer as said transport mechanism will accept, at a sending rate in excess of the playback rate.

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