Patent ID: 9450997
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of determining a request action, performed by a receiver receiving media for playing out using a presentation element of the receiver, the playing out resulting in media being consumed from a presentation buffer at a playback rate, the method comprising: monitoring the presentation buffer, wherein the presentation buffer stores media data at least between a time the media data is received and a time the media data is consumed by the presentation element associated with the receiver; storing an indication of a buffer level, wherein the buffer level corresponds to an amount of the presentation buffer occupied by the media data received and not yet consumed by the presentation element; determining that an issued request for downloading a selected first chunk of media data is outstanding; and when the issued request is outstanding, determining to cancel the issued request based on: issuing the new request for the second chunk of the media data.