Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast-start streaming and buffering of streaming content for personal media player
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Application No.: US14798227Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US09432435B2Publication Date: 2016-08-30
- Inventor: Jason Gary Krikorian , Blake Gary Krikorian , Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah , Alexander Gurzhi , Satish Iyer
- Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/4402 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/432 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/63 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N19/172 ; H04N19/102 ; H04N19/115 ; H04N19/61 ; H04N19/107 ; H04N19/117 ; H04N19/132 ; H04N19/14 ; H04N19/137 ; H04N19/152 ; H04N19/162 ; H04N19/164 ; H04N19/182 ; H04N19/80 ; H04N19/85 ; H04N19/40 ; H04N19/169 ; H04L12/801 ; H04H60/80

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150319488A1 FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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