Method of resource-efficient and scalable streaming media distribution for asynchronous receivers
US6823394B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/1877
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of distributing streaming media to one or more users. The method includes partitioning the media into segments that each include data associated with at least a portion of one or more of the successive data units in the media. Each segment also includes information for positioning the data relative to the order of the data units. A transmission sequence having a plurality of successive time slots is defined for the segments to enable reconstruction of an i-th data unit from Li segments. A server transmits each of the segments according to the defined transmission sequence during one of the time slots. A client processes the transmitted segments based on the positioning information to reconstruct the media.
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