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DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT SEGMENTS IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK

  • US 20170142179A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2016
  • Published: 05/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing media content segments from a content delivery network, the method being performed by a server of the content delivery network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a client device and during a client session, a request for a first media content segment from a plurality of first media content segments;

    identifying a third media content segment from a plurality of third media content segments to be provided to the client device in response thereto,wherein the plurality of third media content segments comprises the plurality of first media content segments interleaved with a plurality of second media content segments,wherein the third media content segment is taken from the plurality of second media content segments until an indication that a first set of the plurality of second media content segments has been provided to, and/or played out by, the client device during a sub-session of the client session has been obtained, and the third media content segment otherwise during the sub-session is taken from the plurality of first media content segments; and

    providing the third media content segment comprising the identified content to the client device.

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