Media streaming of web content data
First Claim
1. A method for use with a media server connected to a network having communication channels, said method comprising:
- transmitting from the media server over one of the communication channels of the network a data signal having a data field encoded therein, said data field comprising web content data in a streaming media format, said web content data comprising a web component stream, each said stream having an assigned bandwidth assigned by a content author, said web component stream comprising a media sample, wherein said media sample comprises a header and media data, said header comprising;
a tag indicating a rendering time in a rendering command in a rendering sample encoded in the web component stream of the media sample, anda tag indicating a pre-roll time of the media sample.
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Abstract
Methods for streaming web content data via a computer-readable medium. The web content data comprises one or more media samples. The media samples are encoded in a streaming media format as a web component stream. The web component stream is combined with other component streams comprising additional data other than web content data into a presentation stream. The presentation stream is transmitted via a media server to a client. Rendering commands, which are included in one or more rendering samples encoded in the web component stream along with the media samples, coordinate synchronization between the media samples and the additional data when the client renders the presentation stream.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for use with a media server connected to a network having communication channels, said method comprising:
- transmitting from the media server over one of the communication channels of the network a data signal having a data field encoded therein, said data field comprising web content data in a streaming media format, said web content data comprising a web component stream, each said stream having an assigned bandwidth assigned by a content author, said web component stream comprising a media sample, wherein said media sample comprises a header and media data, said header comprising;
a tag indicating a rendering time in a rendering command in a rendering sample encoded in the web component stream of the media sample, and a tag indicating a pre-roll time of the media sample. - View Dependent Claims (3)
- transmitting from the media server over one of the communication channels of the network a data signal having a data field encoded therein, said data field comprising web content data in a streaming media format, said web content data comprising a web component stream, each said stream having an assigned bandwidth assigned by a content author, said web component stream comprising a media sample, wherein said media sample comprises a header and media data, said header comprising;
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2. A method for use with a media server connected to a network having communication channels, said method comprising:
- transmitting from the media server over one of the communication channels of the network a data signal having a data field encoded therein said data field comprising web content data in a streaming media format, said web content data comprising a web component stream, each said stream having an assigned bandwidth assigned by a content author, said web component stream comprising a media sample, wherein said media sample comprises a header and media data, said header comprising a tag indicating a rendering time in a rendering command in a rendering sample encoded in the web component stream of the media sample, and a tag indicating a pre-roll time of the media sample, wherein said web component stream comprises clean points representing key frames for the web content data, or comprises a plurality of media samples wherein said media samples have a constant bandwidth and are contiguous to each other.
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4. A computer executable method for authoring and encoding on a computer a web component stream comprising a media sample, said method comprising computer executable instructions for:
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setting on the computer a rendering time for the media sample; setting on the computer a pre-roll time for the media sample; formatting on the computer the media sample into a web component stream as a function of the set rendering time and the set pre-roll time wherein said web component stream has a constant aggregate assigned bandwidth assigned by the content author; and calculating on the computer a send time for the media sample and wherein the web component stream is a function of the calculated send time. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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