Patent ID: 9271021
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computing-device implemented method, comprising: generating two or more media streams based on a source media item, wherein the two or more media streams each include a number of stream segments; storing the stream segments for each of the two or more media streams on a content server; generating playlist files for each of the two or more media streams, wherein the playlist files identify network locations of the associated stream segments on the content server; storing the playlist files, for each of the two or more media streams, on a playlist server; generating a variant playlist file that identifies network locations and at least a bandwidth attribute associated with each of the playlist files; inserting playlist information based on the variant playlist file into media guide data, wherein the media guide data is to be used by a client device to generate an interactive media guide user interface, the media guide data including a plurality of entries corresponding to a plurality of media content items, wherein each entry includes media content metadata, media content scheduling data, and media content channel data, wherein the media guide data includes an entry corresponding to the source media item, wherein, following inserting of the playlist information, the entry corresponding to the source media item includes the playlist information, wherein the playlist information identifies the network location of at least one of the playlist files; and transmitting the media guide data to the client device via a network.