Patent ID: 9444868
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B,H04H,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A media system, comprising: a plurality of independent segment files, wherein a given segment file of the plurality of independent segment files has a given format and a different segment of the plurality of independent segment files has a different format, further wherein the given format facilitates an outputting of information in the given segment file at a given rate that is different than a rate associated with the different format; a playlist that comprises a list, and the list includes a first URL for the given segment file and a different URL for the different segment file; a network-based communication system operable: to distribute media content to a remotely located requesting device; to receive an HTTP communication from the remotely located requesting device that indicates a desire to access the available media; to send information representing the playlist to the remotely located requesting device; to send information representing the given segment file to the remotely located requesting device; and, to send information representing the different segment file to the remotely located requesting device; and a plurality of remote devices configured to request media, wherein each of the plurality of remote devices comprises: (1) an internal memory system; (2) a collection of instructions stored in the internal memory system that is operable when executed to utilize information representing the playlist, to request a streaming delivery of the information representing the given segment file, and to request a streaming delivery of the information representing the different segment file; and (3) a buffer configured to output the information representing the given segment file at the given rate and to output information representing the different segment file at the rate, which is different than the given rate.