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Method and system for content delivery

  • US 9,516,392 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of receiving video content, the method comprising:

  • accessing a reference file using a data network-connected device including a native player;

    executing the reference file with the data network-connected device and forming a video content container file configured to be compatible with and executable by the native player, the reference file also including a plurality of player control parameter values and linking data linking to a content data file at a designated content source, the content data file including at least header data and content data, and the linking data linking only to at least a portion of the content data within the content data file;

    actuating the play control parameter values from the reference file, via associated play control commands on the data network-connected device, and directing the native player to execute the video content container file to acquire the at least a portion of content data from the designated content source over a data network in accordance with the linking data; and

    playing the at least a portion of the content data acquired from the designated content source, via the native player executing the video content container file, as directed by the play control commands,wherein accessing the reference file includes accessing, if a format of the content data file is incompatible with the native player, the reference file generated to have a translated video structure compatible with the native player, wherein the linking data is linked to codec-encoded data of the content data file and compatible with the translated video structure.

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