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Server-side fragment insertion and delivery

US10904639B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

Nicholas James Benson · Seattle, US
Andrew Glass · Woodinville, US
Srikanth Kiran Kotagiri · Redmond, US
Lei Li · Kirkland, US
Stefan Richter · Seattle, US
Rakesh Tangirala · Redmond, US
Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston · Seattle, US
Yongjun Wu · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/8456
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are described for server-side fragment insertion and delivery of media content. After receiving a request to play back media content, a manifest is generated that includes fragments associated with the requested media content and fragments associated with different media content. A client device requests fragments from a media server according to the manifest, and the media server provides the correct fragment in response to the request.

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