Patent ID: 7587507
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of streaming media comprising: buffering a streaming media signal in a streaming media server to form a buffered streaming media signal; streaming the buffered streaming media signal from the streaming media server to a computer, one or more portions of the streaming media signal being buffered in a buffer in coordination with streaming the one or more portions of the streaming media signal, the buffer being a first-in first-out buffer having a capacity of less than the total size of the streaming media signal, the buffer storing the seekable range of the streaming media signal at the streaming media server, and transmitting an RTCP APP packet containing media recording functions to the computer, wherein when the addition of a new portion of the streaming media signal to the buffer causes a first portion of the streaming media signal to be removed from the buffer, the media recording functions indicate the first portion is no longer available for retransmission from the streaming media server.