Invention Application
- Patent Title: FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER
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Application No.: US16443527Application Date: 2019-06-17
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Publication No.: US20190306564A1Publication Date: 2019-10-03
- Inventor: Jason Gary Krikorian , Blake Gary Krikorian , Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah , Alexander Gurzhi , Satish Iyer
- Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Main IPC: H04N21/44
- IPC: H04N21/44 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/63 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/4402 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/432 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N19/85 ; H04N19/80 ; H04N19/61 ; H04N19/40 ; H04N19/169 ; H04N19/182 ; H04N19/172 ; H04N19/164 ; H04N19/162 ; H04N19/152 ; H04N19/14 ; H04N19/137 ; H04N19/132 ; H04N19/117 ; H04N19/115 ; H04N19/107 ; H04N19/102 ; H04L12/801
Abstract:
Systems and methods allow playback of a media stream received via a network. The media stream is received and stored in a buffer prior to playback. Responsive to receiving the user command to change the content of the media stream, the buffer is flushed prior to receiving the changed content in the media stream.
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