Patent ID: 8762476
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method performed in a network interface of a playback device for providing a data stream to a streaming media content playback function of the playback device, comprising: accessing, at the playback device, a mapping stored at the playback device that maps a desired content item to a source address expected by the streaming media content playback function of the playback device and to a range of addresses in a storage device of a remote content distribution server allocated to the desired content item; performing, at the playback device, using the range of addresses, a direct memory-to-memory transfer of the desired media content item from the remote content distribution server to a local memory of the playback device; encapsulating, at the playback device, the desired media content item from the local memory into a plurality of packets according to a streaming protocol, wherein encapsulating the desired media content item includes inserting into each of the plurality of packets the source address and a destination address expected by the streaming media content playback function; and streaming the plurality of packets to the streaming media content playback function of the playback device.