Media player with integrated parallel source download technology
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsJames D. Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
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Abstract
A media player implements an integrated parallel source download technology to receive a media file from streamed and segmented media file sources. A first source streams delivery of streamed media packets of the media file in sequential packet number order to the media player, while a second source provides segmented delivery of segmented media packets of the media file in random order to the media player. The media player combines the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets to produce the media file.
Claims20
A media player, comprising:
- a network interface coupled to a network to receive a media file from at least two sources, a first source streaming delivery of streamed media packets of the media file and a second source providing segmented delivery of segmented media packets of the media file, the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets at least partially overlapping;
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- a processor operable to determine available media packets corresponding to ones of the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets that have been received by the network interface and to produce the media file using at least a portion of the available media packets.
A media player, comprising:
- a network interface coupled to a network to receive a same media file from at least two sources, a first source streaming delivery of streamed media packets of the media file and a second source providing segmented delivery of segmented media packets of the media file, the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets at least partially overlapping;
- a memory for storing the segmented media packets;
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- a processor operable to use available media packets of the streamed media packets and at least a portion of the segmented media packets to produce the media file, the available media packets corresponding to ones of the streamed media packets that have been received by the network interface.
A method for producing a media file for display using parallel download streamed and segmented media file sources, comprising:
- receiving, by a media player, streamed media packets of the media file from a first source;
- receiving, by the media player, segmented media packets of the media file from a second source, the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets at least partially overlapping;
- determining available media packets corresponding to ones of the streamed media packets and the segmented media packets that have been received;
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- producing the media file using at least a portion of the available media packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.