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Glitch-free media streaming

US7783773B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Feng Wu · Beijing, CN
Guangping Gao · Rosemont, US
Yi Liu · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2006
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/80
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Glitch-free media streaming is provided by a client computing device (“client”) independent of whether a remote computing device (“host”) associated with media content provides real-time media content streaming services. Specifically, the client computing device (“client”) provides a user with real-time media content streaming services by establishing multiple connections to the host to read respective portions of the media content by sending byte-range transport protocol requests to the host. As the reading operations progress, the client evaluates transmit rates over respective ones of the connections in view of a real-time media content playback rate to regulate data flow into a streaming media buffer and provide the user with a consistent high-quality (glitch-free) streaming media presentation.

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