Methods and systems to fast fill media players
US6801964B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/44004
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to fast fill media players and buffers associated with media players. A bandwidth associated with initial startup of a media player is overloaded to rapidly fill the buffer and initiate the media player. Alternatively, multiple simultaneous data communication sessions are established with a media data source device, and the media data are concurrently received from the simultaneous sessions into the buffer or transferred of out the buffer at startup, thereby decreasing the latency associated with initiating the media player.
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