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Storage methods and apparatus for streaming media data

US7155531B1 · kind B1 · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 2001
Grant dateDec 26, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L65/612
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cache memory configured to store media data to be output as a media stream includes a session data file configured to store properties of the media stream, wherein the properties may include encoding scheme, duration, and others, and a plurality of data object files, each data object file individually and directly accessible by a file system, each data object file comprising a data object configured to store only a portion of the media data.

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