Patent ID: 9578395
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating a first request for video content meeting a quality of service metric to be presented on a presentation device associated with a user device; receiving a response to the first request, the response including a parent manifest and a plurality of rendition manifests associated with a number of content portions that meet the quality of service metric, the parent manifest including references to data of the plurality of rendition manifests, the plurality of rendition manifests including a selected first portion of the plurality of rendition manifests reformatted to a format of a second portion of the plurality of rendition manifests to provide the plurality of rendition manifests with a same format, the data associated with the first portion of the plurality of rendition manifests is modified to comply with the format of the second portion of the plurality of rendition manifests; accessing the plurality of rendition manifests to identify portion locations of content portions of the video content, the portion locations arranged in an order the content portions of the video content are to be presented; generating a second request to receive, from one of network locations described in the plurality of rendition manifests, the content portions of the video content in the order to be presented; receiving the content portions of the video content; and causing the content portions of the video content to be presented on the presentation device associated with the user device.