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ENFORCEMENT OF TRICK-PLAY DISABLEMENT IN ADAPTIVE BIT RATE VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY

  • US 20130311670A1
  • Filed: 05/15/2013
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • generating a top level manifest file for a media asset or stream, the top level manifest file including program event information;

    providing the top level manifest file and corresponding element manifest files to a real-time adaptive bitrate (“

    ABR”

    ) packager; and

    receiving a request for a media-segment file from a client;

    wherein the ABR packager is configured to interpret the program event information; and

    wherein the ABR packager is configured to restrict trick-play operations if a program event is detected in a requested media-segment file and restriction criteria are met.

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