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System, device, and method for streaming a multimedia file encoded at a variable bitrate

  • US 5,867,230 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1997
  • Issued: 02/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A server for streaming to a client device video information stored in pre-packetized form in a multimedia file stored on a computer-readable medium, the multimedia file having packet descriptors that describe the packets of video information, wherein the packet descriptor includes a server time stamp, the server comprising:

  • logic for sending a packet of information on to a communication network, in response to an initiation request;

    logic for analyzing the server time stamps of the packets of video information to schedule corresponding initiation requests, such that the communication network is utilized at a substantially constant transmission rate.

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