Patent ID: 9596283
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a computing device to a terminal, at least a portion of a first copy of a content item, wherein the first copy of the content item comprises one or more portions of the content item in a first format compatible with the terminal; encoding the content item into a second copy of the content item, wherein the second copy of the content item comprises one or more portions of the content item in a second format compatible with the terminal; aligning the one or more portions of the content item in the first format with the one or more portions of the content item in the second format based on aligning a first I-frame, associated with the one or more portions of the content item in the first format, with a second I-frame associated with the one or more portions of the content item in the second format; switching transmission of the content item from the first format to the second format, wherein the switching comprises: transmitting, to the terminal, starting from the second point in time, the portion of the second copy of the content item.