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SMOOTH, STATELESS CLIENT MEDIA STREAMING

  • US 20100235472A1
  • Filed: 03/16/2009
  • Published: 09/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for smoothly playing media on a client, the method comprising:

  • sending from the client a request for a chunk of media to a server over a network, wherein the chunk comprises a uniform portion of the media available from the server to multiple clients;

    receiving at the client the requested chunk;

    parsing the chunk into a metadata portion and a media data portion;

    adding the chunk metadata to an ongoing media manifest that describes information regarding a larger media element to which the media chunk belongs; and

    playing the media data using a codec identified by the chunk metadata and hardware of the client,wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.

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