# US 10,122,814 B2 · Apparatus and method for providing streaming contents

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- Number: US 10,122,814 B2
- Document ID: US10122814B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/069,443
- Filed: 2016-03-14
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2010-07-20
- Assignees: Ideahub Inc.
- Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute; Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aeropsace University
- Inventors: Truong Cong Thang; Jin Young Lee; Seong Jun Bae; Jung Won Kang; Soon Heung Jung; Sang Taick Park; Won Ryu; Jae Gon Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122814B2

## CPC

- H04L 67/2804
- H04L 29/06027
- H04L 47/30: in combination with information about buffer occupancy at either end or at transit nodes
- H04L 65/4092
- H04L 65/602
- H04L 65/604
- H04L 65/608
- H04L 65/80: Responding to QoS
- H04N 21/2401: {Monitoring of the client buffer}
- H04N 21/2402: {Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available (traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876)}
- H04N 21/44004: {involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer}
- H04N 21/6543: for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording {(remote booting in general G06F9/4416)}
- H04N 21/6547: comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
- H04N 21/2353: {specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata}
- H04N 21/23805: {Controlling the feeding rate to the network, e.g. by controlling the video pump}
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata may include a minBufferTime attribute indicating a minimum amount of initially buffered media content. A terminal may receive content from a server before playback of the content, and may buffer the content by at least the minimum amount. The metadata may include a range attribute that designates a range of a target indicated by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The terminal may receive bytes designated by the range attribute from the URL, and may play back the content using the received bytes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for providing media content performed by a processor in a server, the method comprising:
receiving a request for the media content from a client;
transmitting the media to the client based on a Media Presentation Description (MPD) of the media content,
wherein the MPD comprises one or more periods,
wherein the period comprises one or more groups,
wherein the group comprises one or more representations,
wherein the representation comprises one or more sub-representations,
wherein the representation comprises one or more segments,
wherein the representation includes bandwidth attribute related to bandwidth for a hypothetical constant bitrate channel in bits per second (bps),
wherein the client is assured of having enough data continuously playout after buffering for minbuffertime, when the representation is delivered to the client,
wherein the segment includes sub-segments indexed by segment index in the segment,
wherein the MPD includes at least one of (i) frame rate, (ii) temporal layer of video, (iii) timescale describing the number of time units in one second, and (iv) the number of consecutive segments.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein each of the representations starts from a start time of the period and continues to an ending point of the period.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the start time of the period is determined below methods,
i) when a start attribute exists in a first period element of the first period, a start time of the first period is equal to the start attribute,
ii) when a start attribute does not exist in the first period element of the first period, and when a second period element of the second period includes a duration attribute, the start time of the first period is determined by adding the duration attribute of the second period element to a start time of the second period,
iii) when a start attribute does not exist in the first period element of the first period, and when the first period is the first of the one or more periods, the start time of the first period is set to 0,
wherein the second period is previous period with respect to the first period.

### Claim 4

A server for providing media content, the server comprising:
one or more processor configured to:
receive a request for the media content from a client;
transmit the media to the client based on a Media Presentation Description (MPD) of the media content,
wherein the MPD comprises one or more periods,
wherein the period comprises one or more groups,
wherein the group comprises one or more representations,
wherein the representation comprises one or more sub-representations,
wherein the representation comprises one or more segments,
wherein the representation includes bandwidth attribute related to bandwidth for a hypothetical constant bitrate channel in bits per second (bps),
wherein the client is assured of having enough data continuously playout after buffering for minbuffertime, when the representation is delivered to the client,
wherein the segment includes sub-segments indexed by segment index in the segment,
wherein the MPD includes at least one of (i) frame rate, (ii) temporal layer of video, (iii) timescale describing the number of time units in one second, and (iv) the number of consecutive segments.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The server of claim 4, wherein each of the representations starts from a start time of the period and continues to an ending point of the period.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The server of claim 5, wherein the start time of the period is determined below methods,
i) when a start attribute exists in a first period element of the first period, a start time of the first period is equal to the start attribute,
ii) when a start attribute does not exist in the first period element of the first period, and when a second period element of the second period includes a duration attribute, the start time of the first period is determined by adding the duration attribute of the second period element to a start time of the second period,
iii) when a start attribute does not exist in the first period element of the first period, and when the first period is the first of the one or more periods, the start time of the first period is set to 0,
wherein the second period is previous period with respect to the first period.