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Systems and Methods for Performing Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Using Automatically Generated Top Level Index Files

  • US 20130054958A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2011
  • Published: 02/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for streaming a piece of content, comprising:

  • requesting a top level index file from a playback server using a playback device, where the request identifies a piece of content and includes information describing the capabilities of the playback device;

    receiving a top level index file from the playback server using the playback device, where the top level index file describes a plurality of streams accessible to the playback device and identifies the location of the streams;

    selecting initial streams using the playback device; and

    retrieving at least a portion of the initial streams from the locations identified in the top level index file using the playback device.

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