Use of metadata for aiding adaptive streaming clients
US9338209B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving media from an input; gathering metadata from a plurality of media stream representations that are provided by the input; creating one or more metadata segments corresponding to the plurality of media stream representations in order to generate a metadata track; and making at least a portion of the metadata track available to a client device, where the portion of the metadata track is provided separate from a manifest file.
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