Patent 08099473 - Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streaming > Summary

Patent No. US 08099473

Published on Jan 17, 2012

Application No. 12/479698

Filed on Jun 5, 2009

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Biderman, David - San Jose, CA US (26)

Methods and apparatuses for real-time or near real-time streaming of content using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method includes dividing a stream of data, representing the contiguous time based content of a program (e.g. a live video broadcast), into a plurality of distinct media files, and generating a playlist file having a plurality of tags and Universal Resource Indicators (URIs) indicating an order of presentation of the plurality of distinct media files. The plurality of media files and the playlist file can be made available for transmission to a client device which can retrieve the media files using the playlist file.

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