Patent ID: 8887221
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of requesting information from a server, comprising: receiving, at a wireless mobile client device, a user input indicating a desire to view at least one video stored on the server, encoded in a plurality of formats; selecting, at the wireless mobile client device, a first format from the plurality of formats based on at least a format that the wireless mobile client device is able to use; in response to receiving the user input, determining, at the wireless mobile client device, a type of the server from a plurality of server types; in response to determining the type of the server and selecting the first format, generating, at the wireless mobile client device a URL request that includes an embedded format identifier that: is specific to the type of the server, and is associated with selected first format; providing, from the wireless mobile client device, the URL request to the server; and receiving, at the wireless mobile client device, data from the server.