Fast setup response prediction
AssigneeMobiTV, Inc.
InventorKent Karlsson
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Abstract
Mechanisms are provided to accelerate Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) setup messages. A client transmits an RTSP request to a server. The server responds to the request and preemptively responds with acknowledgements for messages not yet received. For example, a server responds to an RTSP describe message with an RTSP describe acknowledgement, an RTSP setup acknowledgement, and an RTSP play response before setup and play messages are received by the server or even transmitted by the client. The client processes the anticipatory responses and transmits setup and play responses when the anticipatory responses are processed.
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A method, comprising:
- retrieving a description of a media object associated with a request uniform resource locator (URL) in response to receiving a message from a client device, wherein the description of the media object retrieved at a server;
- transmitting the description of the media object and a play acknowledgement preemptively to the client device from the server before a play message is received at the server from the client device.
A system, comprising:
- a processor operable to retrieve a description of a media object identified by the request uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a message from a client device, wherein the description of the media object retrieved at a server;
- an interface operable to transmit the description of the media object and a play acknowledgement preemptively to the client device from the server before a play message is received at the server from the client device.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising:
- computer code for retrieving a description of a media object identified by the request uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a message from a client device, wherein the description of the media object retrieved at a server;
- computer code for transmitting the description of the media object and a play acknowledgement preemptively to the client device from the server before a play message is received at the server from the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.