Patent ID: 9661051
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for playing media content which is divided into a sequence of temporal chunks, each chunk including a base layer subchunk and at least two enhancement layer subchunks, the computer-implemented method comprising: a) requesting, by a client device, (1) at least one enhancement layer subchunk of at least one chunk of the media content and (2) at least one base layer subchunk of the media content; b) receiving, by the client device the at least one enhancement subchunk of the at least one chunk of the media content and the at least one base layer subchunk of the media content; c) decoding, by the client device, the media content using both (1) at least one enhancement layer subchunk of the at least one chunk of the media content and (2) the at least one base layer subchunk of the media content; and d) playing, by the client device, the decoded media content, wherein the act of requesting at least one enhancement layer subchunk of at least one chunk of the media content is performed in accordance with a sliding quality window, and wherein while a p