Streaming Video over a Wireless Network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a video stream from a streaming server over a wireless network;
storing the video stream in a buffer;
streaming the video stream from the buffer to a wireless device;
detecting that the wireless device has lost communication with the wireless network;
continuing to receive the video stream from the streaming server and continuing to store the video stream in the buffer for a period of time;
sending a command to the streaming server to pause receiving the video stream from the streaming server and maintaining a network connection to the streaming server when the wireless device does not regain communication with the wireless network within the period of time;
determining a point within the video stream at which the wireless device lost communication responsive to detecting that the wireless device has regained communication with the wireless network within the period of time; and
resuming streaming of the video stream to the wireless device at the determined point within the video stream.
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Abstract
Streaming video to a wireless device is described. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method for providing a multimedia stream to a wireless device over a wireless network comprises: receiving a request for a video stream from a wireless device; requesting the video stream from a streaming server on behalf of the wireless device; streaming the video stream from the streaming server and storing the video stream or portions thereof in a buffer; streaming the video stream from the buffer to the wireless device; detecting that the wireless device has lost communication with the wireless network; sending a command to the streaming server to pause the streaming of the video stream and maintaining a network connection to the remote streaming server; detecting that the wireless device has regained communication with the wireless network; determining a point within the video stream at which the wireless device lost communication; and resuming streaming of the video stream to the wireless device at the determined point within the video stream.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a video stream from a streaming server over a wireless network; storing the video stream in a buffer; streaming the video stream from the buffer to a wireless device; detecting that the wireless device has lost communication with the wireless network; continuing to receive the video stream from the streaming server and continuing to store the video stream in the buffer for a period of time; sending a command to the streaming server to pause receiving the video stream from the streaming server and maintaining a network connection to the streaming server when the wireless device does not regain communication with the wireless network within the period of time; determining a point within the video stream at which the wireless device lost communication responsive to detecting that the wireless device has regained communication with the wireless network within the period of time; and resuming streaming of the video stream to the wireless device at the determined point within the video stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a wireless device, a video stream over a wireless network from a streaming server; losing communication with the wireless network, the losing communication causing the streaming server to stop sending the video stream to the wireless device when the wireless device does not regain communication with the wireless network within a period of time; and responsive to regaining communication with the wireless network within the period of time, resuming receiving of the video stream, at the wireless device, at a point within the video stream at which the wireless communication was lost. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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streaming, by a streaming server, a video stream to a wireless device over a wireless network; receiving a command from a remote service to pause streaming the video stream to the wireless device responsive to the wireless device losing communication with the wireless network; pausing streaming the video stream to the wireless device and maintaining a network connection to the remote service when the wireless device does not regain communication with the wireless network within a period of time; and responsive to the wireless device regaining communication with the wireless network within the period of time, resuming steaming of the video stream to the wireless device at a point within the video stream at which the wireless communication was lost. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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