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Network streaming of video data using byte range requests

US8849950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Thomas Stockhammer · Bergen, DE
Donald W. Gillies · San Diego, US
Michael G. Luby · Berkeley, US
Fatih Ulupinar · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2012
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/8456
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one example, a device for receiving information for multimedia data includes one or more processors configured to determine a byte range of a file of a representation of multimedia content to request from a source device, form a uniform resource locator (URL) that specifies, in a file path portion of the URL, according to a template, the file and the byte range in accordance with requirements of the source device, and issue a GET request that specifies the formed URL to the source device.

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