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Support for interactive playback devices for performance aware peer-to-peer content-on-demand

US8688852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2006
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1085
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described comprising detecting a playback operation, determining a target playback point for the playback operation and detecting a sub-clip type into which the target playback point falls. The method and apparatus also receive a streamed leading sub-clip, determine a set of needed sub-clips, locate one of the set of needed sub-clips and download the located sub-clip.

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