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Video playback method and apparatus, device, and readable storage medium

US12342005B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 2021
Grant dateJun 24, 2025
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/6587
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This application discloses techniques of playing videos. The techniques comprise caching a video resource of a target onto a plurality of content delivery network (CDN) nodes; establishing a long link with each of a plurality of client computing devices in response to detecting that the plurality of client computing devices access a playback page of the target video; simultaneously sending, via the established long links, signals indicative of a start state of the target video to all of the plurality of client computing devices, wherein each of the plurality of client computing devices simultaneously plays the video resource while separately obtaining the video resource from a corresponding CDN node; simultaneously sending, via the established long links, signals indicative of an end state of the target video to all of the plurality of client computing devices that access the playback page.

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