Patent ID: 9699229
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of receiving data related to streaming media data, the method comprising: receiving data for a first period of media content and a second period of the media content, wherein the data for the first period comprises a first Period@start element for the first period and a first Period@duration element for the first period, wherein the first Period@duration element indicates that at least some media data of the first period is not available, wherein the data for the second period comprises a second Period@start element having a value that is larger than a sum of the first Period@start element and the first Period@duration element, and wherein the data for the second period indicates available media data for the second period; and based on the data for the first period and the second period, omitting requests for media data of the first period that the data for the first period indicates is not available and sending one or more requests for the media data of the second period.