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Fast start-up for digital video streams

US7636934B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 2005
Grant dateDec 22, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8455
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first frames of the video content that occurs when a system tunes into a video stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.

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