Patent ID: 11968418
Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An automated process performed by a streaming media server to stream a channel bundle to a client media receiver via a communication network, the automated process comprising:
transmitting, by the streaming media server, a streaming channel bundle comprising a primary streaming channel in an optimal quality over the communication network to the client media receiver;
transmitting a secondary channel concurrently within the streaming channel bundle to the client media receiver, wherein the secondary channel comprises a rolling segment of content to be recorded by the client media receiver and has a quality level that is sub-optimal in comparison to the optimal quality of the primary streaming channel;
receiving, by the streaming media server, a request for the secondary channel;
in response to the received request, appending a file segment to the secondary channel to ensure continuity in presenting content from the secondary channel and to enable an immediate presentation of content from the secondary channel by the client media receiver, wherein the file segment comprises a historical gap fill segment and a portion of a live stream of the secondary channel at the optimal quality, and wherein the file segment is appended prior to elapsing of presenting the rolling segment of content from the secondary channel; and
concurrent with continued transmitting of the primary streaming channel in an optimal quality by the streaming media server, adjusting the quality level of the secondary channel to lower a bitrate for accommodating bandwidth variations in the communication network.