Patent ID: 9319696
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate streaming of audiovisual data, the computer-implemented method comprising: requesting, by a client device, at least a first streaming media header pertaining to a first encoded version of a media title to be streamed to the client device, the first encoded version of the media title containing intervals of audiovisual data, wherein the first streaming media header specifies information about the intervals, the information including: (i) a plurality of byte offsets into the first encoded version of the media title and (ii) corresponding time points in the media title; and generating, from the streaming media header and by the client device, a plurality of byte range requests, each corresponding to at least one time point of a respective one of successive intervals selected from the intervals of audiovisual data contained in the first encoded version of the media title.