Patent ID: 8984569
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method executable by a client device to playback an adaptive media stream having a plurality of audio tracks, the method comprising: receiving a digest of the media stream at the client device that describes video segments and separate audio segments of the media stream, wherein each of the audio segments comprises data representing portions of each of the plurality of audio tracks available in the media stream; requesting, by the client device, a first file containing one of the video segments identified by the digest; requesting, by the client device, a portion of a second file containing an audio segment corresponding to a desired one of the plurality of audio tracks, wherein the requested portion is less than the entire second file; receiving the first file containing the requested video segment and the requested portion of the second file containing the desired audio track at the client device; and combining contents of the received video segment and the received portion of the audio segment by the client device to thereby render a portion of the media stream having the desired audio track for playback.